chank@cb.ecn.purdue.edu (CHESSNUT) (05/06/91)
Greetings,
I would like to know how the TRS-80 Model 100 can be most effectively used as
a terminal. I successfully used the internal 300 baud rate modem to login to the
school computer. However, the M100 appears not to recognize some transmitted
characters and uses a block cursor in its place. Furthermore, the M100 40 column
format is somewhat of a inconvenience. I would like to know if
o There are any commercial programs to emulate VT100 terminals
and the kermit communications program ?
o If not, then what is the best terminal, communication software
combination ?
o If there is a ROM based system for permanently making the M100
into 80 column format ?
o Will it help to use say a 1200 baud modem in place of the built
in 300 baud modem ?
I am relatively new to the M100 scene and hope that some more experience users can
help answer some of these questions.
Thanks in advance
chank@cn.ecn.purdue.edutandy@uiuc.edu (Jeff Cortez) (05/09/91)
Here is a termcap entry for the Model 100 which will make communications much nicer. Right now it is set for a 16-line screen, so if you want a 8-line screen change the variable li to 8. setenv TERMCAP 'm100-16|m-100-16|radio shack model 100 using 16 lines:am:bs:le=^ H:li#16:co#40:ku=^^:kd=^_:kl=^]:kr=^\:up=\EA:nd=\EC:ho=\EH:ce=\EK:cd=\EJ:cl=\EE: xt:cm=\EY%+ %+ :so=\Ep:se=\Eq:al=\EL:dl=\EM:' setenv TERM m-100-16 Now if you are using the 300 baud modem and really want VT100 emulation, I would suggest you get a copy of "vt100.ba" and "vt100.do" from the archives. This program, simulates a vt100 screen on the Model 100. The only problem with this thing though is that it only works with the 300-baud modem and it is not that easy to use, but if you still might want to give it a try. If you are interested in using Kermit to transfer files, there is a another program called "kermit.ba" which is suppose to do this. Below is a copy of my pre-recorded message explaining how to get files from the archives. Good Luck! Jeff Cortez Maintainer of the Tandy 100 Archives tandy@uiuc.edu -------- The Tandy100 archives are a collection of files for the Tandy Model 100/102/200 and compatibles. These files are accessible via either anonymous ftp or email from ux1.cso.uiuc.edu in the /tandy directory. In this directory is a file called "filelist" which contains a complete listing of all the files contained in the archives. Below I have contained a copy of a sample ftp and email session. If you need any help please email me with your question and I will try to help you in any way I can. Please give me a couple of days to respond since I only work three days a week. Thanks, Jeff Cortez tandy@uiuc.edu Sample ftp session: % ftp ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Connected to ux1.cso.uiuc.edu. 220 ux1.cso.uiuc.edu FTP server (Version 5.60) awaits your command Name (ux1.cso.uiuc.edu:cortez): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password. Password: 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> cd tandy 250 CWD command successful. ftp> get filelist 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for filelist (6775 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 6775 bytes received in 0.02 seconds (3.3e+02 Kbytes/s) ftp> bye 221 Goodbye. Sample email session: % mail bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu Subject: FTP ux1.cso.uiuc.edu UUENCODE USER anonymous CD /tandy ASCII GET filelist filelist QUIT To get more information on the email server email the server with only the word HELP in the body of the letter. -- Jeff Cortez Maintainer of the Tandy 100 Archives tandy@uiuc.edu