On 2020-12-14 05:41, Brent Hilpert via cctalk wrote: > On 2020-Dec-14, at 1:26 AM, ben via cctalk wrote: >> Often for data input one could use over strike characters for input. Not EQ >> might be = BS | Did any video display terminals >> repeat the same effect? > > Yes. Coincidentally I've just been refurbishing one - a Teleray 3931. > It's an ASCII/APL terminal, overstriking was included for the APL mode. > > http://madrona.ca/e/teleray3931/index.html > > Note the screenshots in APL mode.
Is it really an overstrike? They look simply like different characters. At least, I didn't (probably missed it) how they can be generated out of the available ones...