djg@usl-pc.UUCP (Darell James Godeaux) (02/14/86)
I was wondering if anyone has any information about a terminal program or an emulator for the Atari 130XE that will allow me to use 'vi' or any other screen oriented functions. (Possibly one that works with Omniview XE) Any help will be appreciated. Darell James Godeaux Electrical Engineering (Computer Option) University of Southwestern Louisiana USL Box 43206 Lafayette, La 70504
langdon@lll-lcc.UUcp (Bruce Langdon) (02/17/86)
In article <169@usl-pc.UUCP>, djg@usl-pc.UUCP (Darell James Godeaux) writes: > > I was wondering if anyone has .. a terminal program or an emulator > for the Atari 130XE that will allow me to use 'vi' or any other screen > oriented functions. (Possibly one that works with Omniview XE) > ACSTERM does all this. It is available to anyone whose mail address I can use and who has the "Action" language cartridge from OSS. (I think this compiler/editor is a must for programming these machines.) Since I posted its availability on the predecessor to this board, people who asked for it somtimes mention its adaptibility to the OMNIVIEW 80 column mod. I see this advertised in ANALOG, ANTIC for $70, and this is very interesting as the lack of 80 columns is my main gripe with the 8-bit Atari for home use. I can see little difficulty in adapting ACSTERM to use this. But I would need info on how one writes to the screen, both thru the usual CIO calls and directly to screen memory. CDY has been on this board recently. Can he help? Here is the ACSTERM blurb: ACSTERM is a terminal emulator for the Atari 800, 800xl, 1200xl, 130xe. It provides cursor motion, insert, delete, etc. The 'termcap' file tells UNIX systems how to manipulate your screen. With 'more' and screen editors like 'vi', this does near the best that can be done with a 40 column screen. The tilde and curly brace characters are provided using a redefined character set; ^M etc. have their usual ascii meanings. ACSTERM was written by Clint Parker, author of the Action system. All sources are in the Action language. As downloaded from the bbs he maintained, you must use the Action cartridge. Here there is also a modification that compiles with the run-time library to make an executable file that needs no cartridge. NB! R-Verter owners: The RHAND1C modem handler converts tilde and brace characters. Since they provide the source, I deleted those parts. I also cured occasional glitches it had running full tilt at 9600 baud, and improved its handling of S/Reset. As that software is copyright, I can't upload my version. However I am willing to upload a 'diff' file that shows the changes I made. These are the files: TERM.DOC read this TERMCAP.ACS get this into your UNIX TERM.AC0 Compile this file. TERM1.AC0 these files will TERM2.ACT be INCLUDEd TERM.AC2 My modifications TERM1.ACT of TERM, TERM1. BLKIO.ACT CIO caller and fast I/O. I wrote an XMODEM module but never got it integrated into ACSTERM. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an archive made with the UNIX utility 'ar'. Its first line is: !<arch> For some reason the ! causes 'more' to think it's not an ascii file; but 'cat file | more' works, as does vi. If you don't have 'ar', split it with a text editor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Langdon L-472 langdon%lll-lcc@lll-crg.ARPA Physics Department "langdon#bruce%d"@lll-mfe.ARPA Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA 94550 (415) 422-5444 UUCP: ..{gymble,ihnp4,seismo}!lll-crg!lll-lcc!langdon
wrd@tekigm2.UUCP (Bill Dippert) (02/21/86)
> In article <169@usl-pc.UUCP>, djg@usl-pc.UUCP (Darell James Godeaux) writes: > > > > I was wondering if anyone has .. a terminal program or an emulator > > for the Atari 130XE that will allow me to use 'vi' or any other screen > > oriented functions. (Possibly one that works with Omniview XE) > > Try also: Chameleon by Antic magazine (publisher/seller). It has a termcap in the instructions which works with version 4.2 BSD of "UNIX". I have been using this for sometime without any problems. The 40 character screen width is handled by horizontal scrolling which is better than nothing but could be improved upon. Omniview does not work with Chameleon, as far as I know. It will work with any Atari 300 baud modem or any Hayes compatible 300/1200/ 2400 baud modem (with 850 interface). --Bill--