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by csdvrx 1645 days ago
> Instead, unavailable replacement hardware limits "longevity" more than "closed source" does.

Just look at the price of used serial consoles with Sixel support.

Some hardware can be replaced by software... but not all of it.

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My kingdom for a windows terminal emulator that supports both [xyz]modem and sixel and can connect to a physical serial port.
If/when Windows Terminal integrates sixel support, any cheap laptop should be able to do that OOB (some of them with a USB to serial adapter of course)
If TeraTerm would add sixel I'd be really happy since it does almost everything else I need perfectly.