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- From: JOEL@jach.hawaii.edu (Joel Aycock)
- Subject: Re: VT100 emulation
- In-Reply-To: EJR106@psuvm.psu.edu's message of 4 Sep 92 02: 32:14 GMT
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- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 13:17:27 GMT
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- In <92247.223214EJR106@psuvm.psu.edu> EJR106@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
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- > I'mm looking for a Windows program that is a VT100 emulation,
- > and also has Kermit. The original Term with Windows is frustrating me to no en
- > d, as even with the scroll lock, I cannot use the PF keys.... at all! I've
- > D/Led many different comm progs, and the only one I have so far is Yterm.
- > Yterm doesn't do file transfers well at all, when it does do them. What PD /
- > shareware Comm program is there that could help me? And you any of you poiny
- > to an FTP site where I could get this program? Thanks.
-
- Saw your note, and having pulled a lot of my own hair out...
-
- I'm a new PC/Win3.1 user myself, and do a lot of work on our workplace
- VMS machines from home via modem. I too was being driven nutz trying to
- use the PC keyboard with VMS keypad apps, like the EDT editor.
-
- Turns out, the Win3.1 TERM works very well, as long as you have your VMS
- host set up properly- yes, your problems are with the remote machine
- recognizing what your TERM is sending.
-
- Here's my VAX/VMS setup:
-
- SET TERM/EIGHTBIT
- SET TERM/VT100
- SET TERM/LINE_EDITING
- SET TERM/APPLICATION_KEYPAD
-
- it was the last command, that really opened things up for me. Now the
- keypad editor works as with a real VT terminal, except that PF1-PF4 from
- the VT100 are replaced by F1-F4 on the IBM keyboard. Nifty.
-
- I've also been using Procomm 2.42, which is also very nice, and
- available from FTP sites (like WUARCHIVE.LUSTL.EDU). It does some things
- better, some not so well. The IBM keypad won't work, but there is a
- complicated mapping of shift/function keys which replace the VT100 keys;
- you have to look in the (EXTENSIVE) documentation. While the above
- SET TERM configuration works for VMS EDT, I found I still couldn't use
- the keypad for some VMS applications, whereas I can with Procomm (but
- using the function keys instead of the keypad).
-
- Anyway, try the above with WinTERM, I think you'll be pleased.
-
- Oh, you can IGNORE the SCROLL LOCK, I don't know why they say that in
- the help files and docs....
-
- aloha.
-
- PS- if you have any other tips on VT100/200/300/Tek4014 emulation, I'm
- not above learning something new...
-