Howard_Chu@UMich-MTS.MAILNET (06/25/86)
Hello again...
I was just on Compuserve trying to download the VT100 emulator there.
The Xmodem transfer seemed to go Ok, but the file I've got doesn't work.
Has anyone else seen this program work, or do you people have buglists
and fixes? This was the supposed XL compatible version, which I downloaded
using a 1030 and 1030 Express on my 800XL.
I'm also looking for a general 64 column screen handler, as well as Kermit.
Is there an Info-Atari file library that I should be browsing? I know the
Info-IBMPC group keeps a library of PD stuff for ftp.
Once again, thanks in advance for any information you have.
-- Howardjhs@disunix.UUCP (06/25/86)
There is a VT-100 emulator called VT10SQ which seems to work pretty well. I received a copy of it a couple of months ago and have found it to make my 800XL into an acceptable "poor man's" terminal for accessing the unix machines at work. VT10SQ is just a dumb (full screen editing) terminal (I guess "page mode" is the correct term?). No XMODEM or other file transfer capabilities so far as I am aware. When I need to do file transfers I use the new OmniTerm program which CDY Consulting supplies free with their OmniView O/S replacement chip. This combination gives 80-column display with a much nicer font than VT10SQ offers, and provides XMODEM and also a "vanilla" file transfer capability that can be used with any host (but doesn't do any error checking). The 80-column capability is embedded in the O/S ROM so you can use it in a lot of other applications like Word Processing (with CDY's own OmniWriter word processor or with Letter Perfect), or with your own programs even in BASIC. It would be handy to be able to combine VT100 emulation with file transfers but so far I have not identified a way to do this except write your own. If anyone knows of such a package, please comment. CDY can be reached at (214) 235-2146 or by mail at (better check this) 421 Hanbee, Richardson TX (zip?). The owner, David Young, usually reads this news group or can be reached (for innocent things like asking his mailing address) at his ARPANET address: dyoung@usc-isid.arpa. Hope this is of help. -John Sangster jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa
jhs@disunix.UUCP (06/25/86)
Follow-up comment (I forgot to include it in previous message): May I remind you also that Atari is said to be about to announce an 80-column hardware upgrade to the 8-bit machines. This may have some advantages over the currently-available software approaches such as those used in VT10SQ and OmniView. -John S.
mphw@mhuxm.UUCP (wood) (06/27/86)
> Hello again... > I was just on Compuserve trying to download the VT100 emulator there. > The Xmodem transfer seemed to go Ok, but the file I've got doesn't work. > (statement that it was the supposed XL compatible version, other things.) I had the same problem with the emulator on the Atari BBS. (No, this is not a complaint - I don't expect guarantees on what is essentially a favor.) Can anyone solve this problem? Neil? (I have a 1200; I don't know what the original poster had. > I'm also looking for a general 64 column screen handler, as well as Kermit. > Is there an Info-Atari file library that I should be browsing? I know the > Info-IBMPC group keeps a library of PD stuff for ftp. > The Atari BBS has a working 64 column converter. I don't know if this is what you mean. My apologies - I don't have the number (which was posted a while back) handy. > > -- Howard *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** M. Z. Krumbein GECON @ ATTBL WH3a331 1-201-386-3193 ihnp4!whuxb!steve
DYOUNG@D.ISI.EDU (C. David Young) (07/22/86)
Is anyone out there still listening? It has been a while since I have seen any activity on the net. I have a working version of a VT100 emulator which runs under OMNIVIEW and I am looking for people with different types of modems to test it. If you have OMNIVIEW and are interested, send me your mailing address and your modem type. David Young -------