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- From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: VT220/VT340 Terminal emulation?
- Message-ID: <65778@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 03:05:17 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <abeech.716337691@kraken>
- <1992Sep13.041545.25033@news.iastate.edu>
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- In article <1992Sep13.041545.25033@news.iastate.edu>
- barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett) rambles:
-
- |In article <abeech.716337691@kraken> abeech@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (Adrian Beech
- )
- |writes:
- |>Anyone know of a commercial or PD comms package that will correctly emulate
- |>VT220 and VT340 terminals? I need to connect to a Sun and use Word Perfect.
- |>The VT100 and VT102 emulations are not suitable for this type of work.
- |
- | Several such products exist for the Mac and IBM systems, but none exist for
-
- |the Amiga unfortunately. I've been looking for such software for the past fou
- r
- |years. I have even offered to help get VT240/340 databooks to various authors
- |of VT200-compatible Amiga terminal packages who would guarantee writing a
- |VT240/340 emulation program, but none have taken me up on my offers.
-
- The Mac and IBM "products" are as bad as DEC's PathWorks; in other words:
-
- GARBAGE
-
- Note the enclosed, which touts a functioning VT200-style emulator for the
- Amiga, and note the date: 1988. The program works PERFECTLY, and even does
- the double-high/-wide stuff which even DEC's PathWorks cannot do (kinda makes
- one wonder: DEC is not dealing with a full deck, since they are even unable
- to today (1992) emulate their 1979 VT100).
-
- -------------------- begin enclosure
-
- * Meshugena V1.0 -- A **VT220 terminal emulator *
- * Copyright 1988 *
- * By Michael S. Leibow *
- * *
- * This software is released as shareware and may be freely distributed *
- * provided that this copyright message remains at the beginning of this *
- * file and that this file is included in the distribution. This software *
- * may not be used for direct commercial advantage. This software or its *
- * copies may not be changed in any way except to either store or restore *
- * it to or from an archived format. *
- * *
- * The information in this software is subject to change without notice *
- * and should not be construed as a commitment by the author. *
- * *
- * The Author assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of *
- * this software. *
- * *
- * Author: Michael S. Leibow 23-APR-1988 *
- * *
- * ** VT220 is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation. At the time *
- * of the creation and release of this software, the author, *
- * Michael Leibow did not work for Digital Equipment Corporation. *
-
- ******* OVERVIEW ***********************************************************
- This is not a general communications package. If you need some of
- the features of other general packages such as
- o one zillion emulations
- o one zillion file transfer methods
- o weird character sets (i.e. EBCDIC)
- then this program is not for you. This program is dedicated to those
- of you have already bought an Amiga, a modem, and need to communicate
- with some sort of computer that supports the 8 bit ANSI protocol.
-
- This program offers:
- ===> o VT220 emulation (80 and 132 columns)
- Not a fake emulation... This emulation covers everything I could
- find in the VT220 owners manual except the printer stuff.
- f.
- + 7 and 8 bit character sets
- + Multinational Character Sets (c0, c1, GL, and GR)
- + Special Graphics set
- + emulates full LK201 keyboard (VT52, VT100, VT220)
- + VT52, VT100, and VT220 compatibility
- + terminal modes : (KAM, IRM, SRM, LNM, DECCKM, DECANM, DECCOLM,
- DECSCLM, DECSCNM, DECAWM, DECARM)
- + All character renditions : (off, bold, underscore, blinking,
- reverse, erasable, not_erasable)
- ===> + All Line Renditions : (normal, double width, double height).
- + ANSI tab stuff.
- + Probably more which I forgot...
- o Multiple sessions
- + each session has its own set-up configuration
- + independent menus
- + separate windows each with scroll bars and other gadgetry
- o Transcript buffer
- + 0 to some_big_number lines of output history
- o Works well in workbench environment
- + can start from icon.
- + all errors shown in requesters
- o window iconification to save chip ram
- o easy to use user interface
-
- For more information on the VT220 operation, buy a VT220 from your
- nearest VT220 dealer, and read the owners manual.
-