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- From: baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: VT 220
- Date: 5 Nov 1992 18:56:08 -0800
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- In article <rouellet.720969779@ragueneau> rouellet@gel.ulaval.ca (Real Ouellet) writes:
-
- >You can also use Uniterm (also available on atari.archive). Uniterm does
- >a full VT2xx emulation, some VT3xx and even Tek4014 (for graphics). I use it
- >all the time and (of course...!) am very happy with it. Moreover, it does
- >not use GEM windows. The big drawback is that you can't resize it in a window,
- >or use it in a "multi-task" environment, like Connect. BUT the screen updates
- >are MUCH faster than Connect. I don't like slow screen display, thence I
- >use Uniterm...
-
- Hold on a sec. Unless Uniterm has been updated recently, it supports
- vt200. It may support some of the functions of vt220, 320, etc. but they
- aren't mentioned in the program (I don't remember hearing about them in the
- manual, but it is possible...). It does support the Tek4014 though.
-
- You are right, the updating _is_ faster, but you lose compatibility -
- it will probably break on the Falcon, and it definately will break in a
- multitasking environment. Connect's strength is that it uses GEM. It's
- weakness is that it must depend on slow GEM (VDI) code, unless you have a
- screen accelerator, and then it flies!
-
- >P.S.: I use a Mega 4 computer. Maybe with a TT the screen updates are faster
- >in Connect. I don't care... but you might!
-
- It does. I do. :)
-
- >P.P.S.: Uniterm supports up to 132 columns by 50 lines, if you need it...
- >but the characters are a bit small.
-
- Connect supports a 8 pt font that should give you more lines than you
- need, but it is hard on the eyes, just as any small font (like in Uniterm) will
- do. Actually, Connect has several font sizes 8pt to 40pt.
-
-
- -Mike
-