--- vt102/vt102	2014/12/03 02:13:26	1.13
+++ vt102/vt102	2014/12/03 02:13:41	1.14
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@
 
 0x6801 == length $ROMS or die "corrupted rom image";
 
-binmode STDOUT;
-
 my @M = (0xff) x 65536; # main memory, = (0xff) x 65536;
 
 # populate mem with rom contents
@@ -490,6 +488,8 @@
 #############################################################################
 # video emulation
 
+binmode STDOUT;
+
 my @CHARMAP = (
    " "       , "\x{29eb}", "\x{2592}", "\x{2409}",
    "\x{240c}", "\x{240d}", "\x{240a}", "\x{00b0}",