platt@boulder.Colorado.EDU (The Crouton Man) (04/09/90)
: From: jfsenior@vax1.tcd.ie (Manic Minstrel.) : Message-ID: <5839.2618e7a2@vax1.tcd.ie> : : I would like to speak to anyone who has managed to get a copy of QTERM : running : on a Northstar Advantage. : : Failing this has anyone got an ADM3A emulator for the Northstar? i am running QT on a Northstart Advantage... i have a copy of the Northstar patch thanks to Dave Goodenough (his e-mail address is the the docs.. as he wrote it). a friend of mine and i are trying to add to it some of the VT100 features, like line insert. and get rid of some of the bugs. (will probably get back to it over the summer, as everything is / will be coming down on us in school in the next month). one or two things you will need to do: 1) make sure that the version of the patch that you get disables the extended, or high bit keys.. on the advantage, this includes all the function keys, and the keypad (when cursor lock is on) (this causes the many program to hang, or if that is fixxed, then send a break to the outside world.. which is not good either) the way we have temporarily fixxed it is to simply strip the high bit off... 2) you will need a modified termcap if you are running on a unix system. On VMS i have had real problems trying to edit because the kepad is deactivated... We are hoping to get these "features" fixxed this summer, and if there is still room to move, add some of the extra charicter sets and things to it, to make it fully VT100 compat. But first i just want to get things like line insert/delete and the keyboard to fully work. as for getting the ADM3A to work, i doubt it, as all the port addresses are unique to the Advantage (the horizon isn't even compat with the advantage) some of the nice features of QTERM are the built in x/y modem and kermit protocal. when i get the current patch uploaded to my unix account, i will be able to mail it off to any one who wants it.. just e-mail me... also, i will try to get the modified patch out when i get it running, later this summer i hope. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=- The Crouton Man -=- platt@tramp.colorado.edu -=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-