Tag: vt52

  • More VT-52 demos

    More VT-52 demos

    Ever since I was made aware of the “Beat Nick Part 2” demo, I’ve been eager to find other Atari ST demos and animations that make use of the Atari’s VT52 text mode. This week I found three more. I made some video captures of these demos as they appeared in the Atari ST emulator…

  • VT-52 demo: Beat Nick Part 2

    VT-52 demo: Beat Nick Part 2

    Since I began telnetting into Atari ST BBSes again regularly, I’ve gotten interested in VT52 which was the Atari ST’s native terminal mode. The Atari supported 16 colors in low-resolution, and 4 colors in medium-resolution (80 cols). If you know BBSes, you can think of it this way: VT-52 was to the Atari ST what…

  • Telnet to a BBS using a terminal program in the Hatari emulator

    Telnet to a BBS using a terminal program in the Hatari emulator

    UPDATE (2020-09-03): In the years since I wrote this blog post, I have found some ways to improve this process. Please read my new tutorial on how to telnet to a BBS using a terminal inside the Hatari emulator. When I was a kid calling BBSes, I used an Atari ST computer. But I seldom…