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- From: jrd@cc.usu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: Any good VT emulators out there?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.074739.58706@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 07:47:39 MDT
- References: <1992Sep4.011624.5569@ncsu.edu>
- Organization: Utah State University
- Lines: 55
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- In article <1992Sep4.011624.5569@ncsu.edu>, dspascha@eos.ncsu.edu (DAVID SCOTT PASCHAL) writes:
- >
- > In article <1992Sep3.163105.28212@vela.acs.oakland.edu>, w8sdz@tacom-emh1.army.mil (Keith Petersen) writes:
- > |>
- > |> sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Wey Jing HO) writes:
- > |> >Can anyone recommend a good VT emulator for use to communicate with
- > |> >Unix mainframe via modem? Doesn't matter whether it is PD/Shareware/
- > |> >Commercial as long as it is good. Also, doesn't matter the OS; can be
- > |> >MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, OS/2 or even SCO Unix.
- > |> >
- > |> >Is there any reasonable VT-220 emulator for PC running MS-DOS to hook
- > |> >up to an ICL Unix x86 box? (This is a separate question)
- > |>
- > |> MS-Kermit does excellent VT102/VT220/VT320 emulation.
- > |>
- > |> WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL directory PD1:<MSDOS.KERMIT>
- > |> Filename Type Length Date Description
- > |> ==============================================
- > |> MSKER311.ZIP B 186841 911001 MS-Kermit v3.11 comm pgm for IBM-compatibles
- > |>
- >
- > [..]
- >
- > |>
- > |> Keith
- > |> --
- > |> Keith Petersen
- > |> Maintainer of the MS-DOS archive at WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil [192.88.110.20]
- > |> Internet: w8sdz@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil or w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu
- > |> Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND
- > |>
- >
- > Hi. I've had a bit of trouble with Kermit 3.x with respect to VT emulation.
- > Specifically, when I log into a certain VAX, after it says when my last
- > interactive and non-interactive logins were, I get a string of at least 50
- > linefeeds or something. This doesn't happen with previous versions of Kermit
- > or any other emulator (Windows terminal, Pathworks SETHOST, etc.). I think it
- > may be a problem with the VAX's trying to autodetect the terminal type. Also,
- > the TPU editor isn't happy unless I say SET TERM/DEV=VT100 -- otherwise, I get
- > a lot of garbage on the screen and messages saying "invalid escape sequence."
- > Has anybody else had this problem? Perhaps it's something wrong with our
- > (not NCSU's) VAX auto login sequence, or maybe this version of KERMIT mentioned
- > above fixes this bug.
- >
- > Tschuess,
- > David Paschal
- -----------
- I commented off-line that this is very likely something happening
- on the host side. MS-DOS Kermit works fine with VMS VAXen and SET TERM/INQUIRE.
- After all, I run such a VAX.
- In cases like this the best thing to do is create a log of the session
- with Kermit command LOG SESSION, and then examine it with an editor capable
- of displaying control codes. Reference Kermit file MSVIBM.VT for a listing
- of typical VTxxx control sequences.
- Joe D.
-