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- This file contains a test of five VT100 emulators which appeared on USENET.
- I am writing this preamble to discuss the results. Below the line of dashes
- this file appears exactly as it did on USENET.
-
- In This test the tester claims that Handshake does not support a full
- 132 columns. It does. However it uses a 660 pixel screen instead of the
- usual 640 to do this. THis means that the Handshake screen extends further to
- the right than the workbench screen. It is possible that you will not be able
- to see the last few columns of 132 column mode and the depth arrangment
- gadgets on the right side of the title bar. If this is the case, run
- preferences and move the screen to the left a little this will allow you
- to see the whole Handshake screen. This is what must have happened to the
- tester.
-
- The tester also claims that he is not sure if Handshake smooth scrolls. I
- am not sure what happened here but I assure you that Handshake smooth scrolls.
- Try it yourself. Just select Smooth scroll from the TERMINAL menu.
-
- For the Answerback test, the tester claims that none of the emulators
- supports the entering of an answerback message. He must have missed the
- Answer Back item from the TERMINAL menu. Handshake does support this.
-
- The alternate ROM character sets are marked as "unknown" in the test.
- Handshake handles these by mapping the ASCII and Special Graphics
- character sets onto ROM 0 and ROM 1 respectively.
-
- In the test it was correctly pointed out that Handshake did not correctly
- handle the UK character set mode. This has been fixed in the current
- release.
-
- Also the tester gives the address of Howlett Gaffran Inc as the address
- where to send contributions for Handshake. I (Eric Haberfellner) and
- Handshake have no more affiliation with Howlett Gaffran Inc. The new
- correct address is:
-
- Eric Haberfellner
- 57 Marble Arch Crescent
- Scarborough, Ontario
- CANADA
- M1R 1W8
-
- I would also like to take this time to thank Mr. Strovnik for taking the
- time to run these tests on Handshake and hope that the few corrections that I
- Have made to his results in the above paragraphs will make Handshake an
- even better and more usable product to him and others.
-
- And now for the test itself! The text below here has not been altered in
- any way.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From rutgers!husc6!necntc!ames!lll-tis!ssc!strovink Mon Jul 13 21:21:24 EDT 1987
- Relay-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site cbmvax.UUCP
- Path: cbmvax!rutgers!husc6!necntc!ames!lll-tis!ssc!strovink
- >From: strovink@ssc.afit.arpa (Mark Strovink)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
- Subject: vt100 emulators (+ Handshake)
- Message-ID: <161@ssc.afit.arpa>
- Date: 1 Jul 87 17:44:58 GMT
- Date-Received: 1 Jul 87 23:20:25 GMT
- Reply-To: strovink@ssc.UUCP (Mark Strovink)
- Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology; WPAFB, OH
- Lines: 132
- Keywords: emulators, vt100, handshake
-
- I could not resist running VTtest on Handshake v1.21a when I saw Marco
- Papa's results for some vt100 emulators. The following contains Marco
- Papa's [editted but not changed] results along with mine.
-
- Here are the results of running Per Linberg's VTTest program on Diga! 1.0,
- A-Talk 1.1, Dave Wecker's VT100 2.6 and the VT100 emulator included in
- xterm 6.6B as part of the X Window System. I [Marco Papa] run version
- 1.7b of the VT100 test program, dated 1985-04-19. The test was compiled
- on a VAX running 4.2BSD [4.3BSD for me]. Here are the gruesome details.
-
- The notes are as follows:
-
- OK passes the test with NO errors
- FAILS There is at least ONE error
- NA The feature is not available.
-
- TEST TYPE Diga! A-Talk xterm VT100 (2.6) Handshake v1.21a
- --------- ----- ------ ----- ----------- ----------------
- 1. Test of Cursor movement
- a) 80 char screen pattern FAILS OK FAILS OK OK
- b) 132 char screen pattern FAILS OK FAILS FAILS OK
- Diga! supports 80, 128, and 132 chars/line. A-Talk supports 80 and 128.
- [Handshake supports 80 and 128 (but acts like 132 by remembering
- what is in columns 129 through 132 although you cannot see it)]
- c) cursor control char
- inside ESC sequence FAILS OK OK OK OK
- d) leading zeros in ESC
- sequence OK OK OK OK OK
-
- 2. Test of Screen Features
- a) wrap around mode setting FAILS OK OK OK OK
- b) Tab setting/resetting OK OK OK FAILS OK
- c) light background FAILS OK OK FAILS OK
- d) dark background FAILS OK OK FAILS OK
- e) scroll up region 2 OK OK OK OK OK
- f) scroll down region 2 OK OK OK OK OK
- g) scroll up region 24 OK OK OK OK OK
- h) scroll down region 24 OK OK OK OK OK
- Note: only xterm partially supports "soft" scroll. [All others were
- "jump" scroll (Handshake might "soft", but at 3am it SEEMED to jump).]
- i) origin mode test 1 OK OK OK FAILS OK
- j) origin mode test 2 OK OK OK OK OK
- k) graphics rendition FAILS OK OK OK OK
- [is anyone else bothered by the look of underlines with inverse
- characters?]
- l) save/restore cursor with
- underscore/blink/reverse FAILS OK OK FAILS OK
- 3. Test of Character Sets
- a) USA ASCII OK OK OK OK OK
- b) UK FAILS OK OK FAILS ASCII
- c) graphics/line drawing FAILS OK OK OK (prtly) OK
- d) Alternate ROM 1 FAILS OK FAILS FAILS unknown
- e) Alternate ROM 2 FAILS FAILS FAILS FAILS unknown
- 4. Test of double Size Characters
- [ ** Handshake v1.21a DOES support double size characters! ** ]
- None of the [other] emulators supports double height/double width
- character fonts. Most of them will still place the character at the
- right spot with no garbage around. FAILS here means garbage on screen,
- OK means no garbage [OKAY means works like vt100].
- a) double height/width FAILS OK OK OK OKAY
- b) Frame with blinking bold FAILS OK OK OK OKAY
- c) Half box OK OK OK OK OKAY
- 5. Test of Keyboard
- [only Handshake shows LEDs. For LED test only: FAILS means garbage on
- screen, OK means no garbage, OKAY means LEDs display correctly]
- a) LEDs FAILS OK OK OK OKAY
- b) Auto-repeat OFF FAILS FAILS OK FAILS OK
- c) Auto-repeat ON OK OK OK OK OK
- d) ANSI Reset Cursor Mode OK OK OK OK OK
- e) VT52 Cursor Mode FAILS FAILS FAILS FAILS OK
- f) ANSI numeric keypad FAILS OK OK OK OK
- g) ANSI application keypad FAILS OK OK OK OK
- Diga! does not remap PF keys and keypad "," in either num. or appl. mode
- h) VT52 numeric keypad FAILS FAILS FAILS FAILS OK
- i) VT52 application keypad FAILS FAILS FAILS FAILS OK
- A-Talk includes a VT52 emulator that passes test e, h and i.
- j) control codes OK OK OK OK OK
- 6. Test of Terminal Reports
- a) Answerback Message NA NA NA NA NA
- All emulators pass the test, but do not allow entering a message
- b) Linefeed/Newline Set FAILS OK OK FAILS OK
- c) Linefeed/Newline Reset OK OK OK OK OK
- d) Report terminal status FAILS OK OK OK OK
- e) Report cursor position FAILS OK OK OK OK
- f) Report device attribute OK OK OK OK OK
- g) Report Parameters 1 FAILS FAILS OK FAILS OK
- h) Report Parameters 2 FAILS FAILS OK OK OK
- 7. Test of VT52 Mode
- [ ** only Handshake supports VT52 mode ** ]
- A-Talk includes a separate VT52 emulator that passes the test.
- Diga! also provides a separate VT52 amulator.
- 8. Test of VT102 features (insert/delete char/line)
- a) test 1 [accordian screen] FAILS FAILS OK FAILS OK
- b) test 2 [insert] FAILS FAILS OK FAILS OK
- c) test 3 [delete] FAILS FAILS OK FAILS OK
- [an "a" is in col 1, a "b" in col 132. delete removes everything
- inbetween so "b" should move to col 2. With Handshake it does,
- even though display stopped at column 128.]
- d) test 4 [staggered columns]FAILS OK OK FAILS OK
- e) test 5 [staggered double ]FAILS OK OK FAILS OK
- f) ANSI insert char FAILS OK OK FAILS OK
- 9. Test of reset and Self test
- a) Reset FAILS OK OK OK OK
- b) confidence test FAILS OK OK OK OK
-
- The only thing that I did not include is the "Test of known bugs". None
- of the emulators seem to implement any of them. [I ran into bugs 6
- and 8 with Handshake]
-
- [now back to our regularly scheduled show...]
-
- Handshake v1.21a supports file capture/transmit and XMODEM tranfers.
- You can save your setup, phone book, etc. It has some other features
- but the above results seem more important (for now).
-
- Handshake is shareware written by Eric Haberfellner
- (BIX=ehaberfellner). He asks for a monetary contribution and suggests
- the sum of $25. He also lists his phone number for calls after 6 pm
- EST (416-757-1055). Apparently Handshake is released by:
- Howlett Gaffran, Inc.
- 570 Hood Rd Unit 18
- Markham Ontario
- Canada L3R 4G7
- because that is where he wants money sent.
-
- Eric, as soon as I wrestle the checkbook away from my wife, I will
- mail you the $25! Will you then add support for Kermit?
-
- Mark Strovink (strovink@afit-ab.arpa <- arpanet address)
- Disclaimer: I have no affiliations with Eric or Howlett Gaffran, Inc.
- and everything I say is my personal responsibility. Right Mom?
- Caution: humorous ending under construction. Your tax dollars at work!
-