kbb@faron.UUCP (Kenneth B. Bass) (12/20/84)
We are looking for a good vt100 emulator for the IBM PC. In particular, it must: support vt52 emulation, allow text transfers between PC and a host, allow use of either COM1 or COM2 ports. We are looking at VTERM now, so if anyone has used it, or knows anything about it, we would appreciate your comments. Thanks in advance, ken bass faron!linus!kbb
minitab@uwstat.UUCP (12/24/84)
> We are looking for a good vt100 emulator for the > IBM PC. In particular, it must: > support vt52 emulation, > allow text transfers between PC and a host, > allow use of either COM1 or COM2 ports. > We are looking at VTERM now, so if anyone has used it, > or knows anything about it, we would appreciate your comments. We are very happy with SmarTerm 100 (VT100/52 emulation) and SmarTerm 400 (Data General Dasher emulation) from Persoft, Madison WI (608) 273-6000. They also have SmarTerm 125, for VT125 emulation, and support XMODEM and their own binary file transfer protocols. See Jan. 1985 PC World, p. 24. I am related to this company only as a customer. Stephen L. Arnold, Joiner Associates Inc. Mail P.O. Box 5445, Madison WI 53705-0445 Phone 608 238-8134 Telex 650 110-6813 BITNET arnold@wiscpslb ARPA arnold%wiscpslb.BITNET@wiscvm.ARPA UUCP {allegra|cornell|purdue|ihnp4|burdvax}!psuvax1!arnold@wiscpslb.BITNET
forbus@uiucdcsp.UUCP (12/27/84)
The latest version of Hayes' SMARTCOM II does exactly what you are looking for. It has passable emulators for vt52, vt100, and televideo terminals. It now includes the XMODEM protocol, although KERMIT would be better (Sigh!). I use it regularly to ship files back and forth, and it works quite well.
lindahl@waltz.UUCP (01/02/85)
I have personally tried SMARTTERM (mentioned by Steve Arnold), CROSSTALK (another commercially-available product, I don't remember the company), and PC/Intercomm (written by the same folks who wrote FINALWORD, Sign of the Unicorn). In the first response to this note, the author was lamenting the lack of KERMIT support: supposedly CROSSTALK supports this with the newest release (I will be looking at this next week). I'd strongly suggest dropping by your local computer store for a "test run", as I did before buying.
gertjan@txsil.UUCP (01/02/85)
I think KERMIT is the answer. Look in newsgroup fa.info-kermit where
to get the programs. If you don't managed to get it, ask me.
Kermit performs reasonably as a terminal emulator, the bottleneck is
the slow 8088, but it is allright. And kermit is available on virtually
any machine, even 36-bits and 60-bits beasts.
: gertjan vinkesteyn, SIL DALLAS
..{allegra,ctvax,ihnp4,rice,uiucds,unmvax}!convex!smu!txsil!gertjanlindahl@waltz.UUCP (01/04/85)
Get ahold of the January issue of MICRO COMMUNICATIONS (good mag). In it, there is an article entitled "THE LINK TO ASYNC HOSTS", which documents a LOT of different asynch terminal emulator companies. Particularly good are the two tables: one lists the products, another lists the vendors. Charlie
dave@timeinc.UUCP (David Mutterer) (01/10/85)
Wow... I just got a copy of a free vt100/102/52 emulator that works just great... all you have to do is send a formatted ds/dd diskette with a mailer and some money for postage to: Mark C. DiVecchio 9067 Hillery Drive San Diego, Ca 92126 He will then ship to you (I got mine within a week) the diskette back with the emulator and a printable doc file (200k+) .. This is one of the best performance/cost bargains that I have seen since Turbo-Pascal..! It even goes as far as having two setup screens (A/B), Hayes dialing, XMODEM transfers, and line printer support.. -- David Mutterer [vax135|ihnp4]!timeinc!dave "Any opinions expressed herein are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Time Incorporated."
dave@timeinc.UUCP (David Mutterer) (01/10/85)
Wow... I just got a copy of a vt100/102/52 emulator that works just great... all you have to do is send a formatted ds/dd diskette with a mailer and $5 or $10 to: Mark C. DiVecchio 9067 Hillery Drive San Diego, Ca 92126 He will then ship to you (I got mine within a week) the diskette back with the emulator and a printable doc file (200k+) .. This is one of the best performance/cost bargains that I have seen since Turbo-Pascal..! It even goes as far as having two setup screens (A/B), Hayes dialing, XMODEM transfers, and line printer support.. -- David Mutterer [vax135|ihnp4]!timeinc!dave "Any opinions expressed herein are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Time Incorporated."