schrag@srcsip.UUCP (Bob Schrag) (09/07/88)
Does anyone have a terminal emulator with the following characteristics
that I can buy or beg?
I have an XT clone (at home with a modem), and I need a terminal emulator
that will allow me to use the Alt-key as the terminal-meta-key in Gnu-Emacs
(running on the Unix systems at work). This means that the emulator must
be capable of running at 8-bits, no-parity, and actually transmit the
8th-bit high (I think) when the Alt-key is held down for any character.
The Wyse-85 terminal in my office will do this in VT100-mode, using the
"Compose"-key.
The other trick I would like for this emulator is that it include a
19,200-baud rate, as I have one of those fancy new modems (USRobotics) with
data compression that achieve idela effective rates of 17,400-baud.
If I can't get these capabilities in an emulator, I'll just bring another
terminal home, though it does seem a shame not to be able to use my PC.
Please respond to me by email--I don't read this list.
Thanks.
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Internet: schrag@src.honeywell.comxspolsky%yale-zoo-suned@CS.YALE.EDU (Avram Spolsky) (09/11/88)
In article <8225@srcsip.UUCP> schrag@srcsip.UUCP (Bob Schrag) writes: | Does anyone have a terminal emulator with the following characteristics | that I can buy or beg? | | I have an XT clone (at home with a modem), and I need a terminal emulator | that will allow me to use the Alt-key as the terminal-meta-key in Gnu-Emacs | (running on the Unix systems at work). This means that the emulator must | be capable of running at 8-bits, no-parity, and actually transmit the | 8th-bit high (I think) when the Alt-key is held down for any character. | The Wyse-85 terminal in my office will do this in VT100-mode, using the | "Compose"-key. MSKermit 2.31 will do everything you want. -- it works at up to 19,200 if your PC (ie the UART) is fast enough -- It can work at 8-bits, but the best way to get ALT-keys to send meta sequences is to redefine the keyboard so ALT-A sends Esc-A, etc etc. This is pretty easy in Kermit (I've done it) with a script. Kermit is available by anonymous ftp from cu20b@columbia.edu and probably from j.cc.purdue.edu as well. Joel Spolsky bitnet: spolsky@yalecs uucp: ...!yale!spolsky Yale University arpa: spolsky@yale.edu voicenet: 203-436-1483