arl@mb2c.UUCP (Arlan R. Levitan) (11/05/83)
TE-100FT by Persoft is an excellent VT102 emulator than I can highly reccomend. While there are other emulators around, Persoft's is a truly "full" emulation and the inclusion of the insert and delete line function (the difference between a vanilla VT100 and a VT102) is valuable if you have any full screen applications such as VI. Also included is a File transfer utility that will do a protocoled transfer between the host and your PC with a minimal amount of programming on the host end. Single copy price of the package is $150. Requires 128K, two double sided drives and DOS 2.00. Also supports local printer, and baud rates up to 9600 bps. They offer a 30 day money back guarantee if not satisfied, and their support is very good. Address is 2740 Ski Lane, Madison WI 53713. Phone: 1-608-233-1000. Hope this helps you out.
glenm@mako.UUCP (Glen McCluskey) (01/21/85)
I thought I would mention a VT100 emulator for the PC that I recently bought and am quite pleased with. It is called Versacom, and has the following features: 1. VT100 emulation. I am not up on the various VT1xx terminals, but I have tried it to the extent of setting TERM to vt102 and using Emacs. Everything seemed to be OK. The manual goes on at some length about how the PC's keypad can be used in the same way as a VT100's. The manual thoroughly documents the escape sequences understood by the emulator. 2. Kermit and Xmodem file transfer protocols. I have used Kermit for file transfer successfully. The ``connect'' command of Kermit is what actually what starts the emulation. 3. Key definition. Function keys can be made to send any sequence of characters. 4. Startup file. Key definitions, baud rate settings, etc. can be placed in a file to be automatically read at start up. 5. The ability to capture an emulation session into a file. Drawbacks: Versacom is 93K, which may or may not be a problem. The Kermit portion of the code is adapted from the Columbia University Kermit. I don't know if it works on PC compatibles; I haven't tried it. $35 + $5/shipping Solution Software 3421 N. 1st Ave. #120 Tucson, AZ 85719 (602) 323-0841 Glen McCluskey ..tektronix!mako!glenm