ugpiotr@sunybcs.UUCP (Michael Piotrowski) (09/11/85)
* HELP......!!!!! I cannot find the correct terminal type for my
APPLE ][+ in order to use vi, etc. I am getting tired of seeing
"]H]K" littered all over my precious work!! Someone suggested
using "vt52", but that doesn't seem to work. Your wisdom or
a good guess is VERY APPRECIATED.
Michael Piotrowski
SUNY @ BUFFALO
:wq
** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>) (09/14/85)
I wish people would READ this newsgroup and not just post requests to it. The issue of Apple termcaps has come up repeatedly. The answer is, IF you are just using the built-in ROM firmware to display characters, then you are going to have a hard time using the Apple as a terminal with "vi" and other termcap/terminfo-using programs. This is primarily because of the lack of a real carriage-return. 80-column Apples have problems keeping up with higher baud rates (they lose incoming data while scrolling). The new Enhanced //e and //c ROMs are better about this. The ONLY satisfactory way to use an Apple II as a terminal is to run a terminal emulation program on it. Many of the communication software disks that come with plug-in modems, as well as communication software that can be purchased separately, act as terminal emulators. Usually they emulate a simple, well-known terminal such as an ADM3A or VT52. The instructions that come with the software should tell you what terminal is being emulated. Set your UNIX TERM environment variable to whatever is being emulated. If you stole your software and therefore have no instructions, tough -- don't expect sympathy or advice. I have posted an 80-column Apple //e termcap entry several times and will not repeat it at this time. It is for the RAW Apple (built-in ROM display firmware) only, and as I said this mode makes an unsatisfactory display terminal.