joss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Josh Sirota) (12/08/88)
I posted a while ago asking for info about terminal emulators that supported
modes with more than 25 lines on EGA or VGA equipped machines. I got a lot
of replies ... many more than I expected. The following emulators were
recommended:
Telix 3.11
Qmodem
PibTerm
Crosstalk Mk.4
VTEK
Kermit 2.31
Zcomm
KEA Systems VT220 emulator
I got a hold of Telix, Qmodem, PibTerm, VTEK, and Kermit 2.31 - the others
weren't easily accessible (not public domain, perhaps).
I tried them all and found Telix to be by far the best ... I've been using
Procomm Plus 1.1A, which I find to be an excellent product, except for it's
lack of EGA support. Telix is Procomm Plus and better, features-wise ... it
looks and feels just like it, with even a few more wonderful and useful
features thrown in (like stripping the 8th bit in terminal mode, which I
can't seem to make Procomm Plus do except by putting in in 7bits-even mode,
which I really don't like to do.
Second best was kermit, but I'd rather not have to go in and out of terminal
mode like kermit makes me do (and Telix lets me switch my number of lines
while I'm running - kermit doesn't).
Neither Telix nor Kermit seem to support VT100 keypad mode (rather than
normal mode - and when I connect to the local VMS machines, that won't do).
VTEK I never got to allow > 25 lines ... either I don't understand or the
version I got doesn't support it. And I don't need the Tektronix emulation
anyway.
That leaves Pibterm and Qmodem - both were like poor implementations of
Telix, if you ask me ... simple VT100 stuff seemed to be able to confuse
them (scrolling regions with some lines in inverse left all my lines in
inverse, and other such little bothersome things).
So, I recommend Telix, but only if you're going to be using a 2400 baud
or less modem! The problem is that ALL of these programs are SLOW SLOW
SLOW. I use my machine direct-connect to the local minicomputers, and
they all look like I'm connected at 2400 baud. Just plain not acceptable.
So I'm sticking with Procomm Plus and 25 lines until I can evaluate
Crosstalk Mk.4, Zcomm, and the KEA systems VT220 emulator.
If anyone can shed any light on whether or not any of those last 3 are
fast enough to do 9600 or 19200 at reasonable speed, and whether or not
they support VT100 keypad mode (I imagine the KEA systems thing has no
problem with that) I'd very much like to hear about it. My past experience
with old versions of Crosstalk is that it's plenty fast and supports keypad
mode, but I have yet to see Mk.4.
Josh
BTW - At the end of my last posting I said that I'd like replies e-mailed
because I don't always have time to read this newsgroup. Thanks for
honoring that. One person, however, complained that this is a "rather
arrogant way to ask for help." I don't think so - the net is a source
of a wealth of great information ... I shouldn't have to participate and
wade through lots of requests for info that I might not have expertise
about if I don't have time, and still be allowed to tap in to the info.
If you think it's arrogant, then don't reply. Sorry to offend anyone.
(BTW, I have been finding time to read the group anyway.)
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