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From: [e-mail] (Mike Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: VT220 vs VT320 Terminal Type on Unix
Date: 18 Aug 1995 10:05:38 -0400
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The default terminal type for MS-Kermit is vt320.  Locally we
pessimized this to vt102 because our Unix hosts don't have vt320
termcap or terminfo definitions.

Now that I know a little bit more about MSK I'd like to change the
local default terminal type, in part because some people want to use
the Compose key to enter accented characters.  vt220 supports Compose
and our Unix hosts have vt220 terminal definitions.

Questions: Is there any particular advantage to vt320 over vt220?
If so, where can I get termcap and terminfo definitions for vt320?
What do people connecting to SunOS and Solaris systems normally do?
I don't like the thought of having to add a vt320 terminal definition
to every Unix box on campus.
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