GHK@NCCIBM1.BITNET ("Gary Hutchison") (06/06/89)
Charles West asks... > I have found qterm as an excellent vt-100 emulator with a few except ions. > UALR is on a vax, phone and help use some other form of screen call s > and will not work with the vt100 in qterm, yet kermit vt52 will any suggesti > Charles West > CHWEST@UALR.BITNET Many of the VAX system these days expect support of the double width and double height characters available in later versions of DEC's terminals without reguard for the user that has older equipment. Many of the older VT100 emulators as well as REAL VT100 s will NOT support the enhanced character sets. This leaves many users rs in the cold. I think that supporters of remote access systems need to be more conscious of the user comunity and stop putting fancy frills on their system. Frills are nice when you can afford them but with lower baud rates and remote terminals being everything from m Atari's to IP sites the remote user community cannot survive with ANSI overhead driving 2400 baud down to 1200 baud screen update e times if users can support ANSI at all. Sorry, I kinda got off the track, but in my 10 years of remote computing experience I have seen systems go from helping the users to severly handicapping the users. Back to the original point: many of the comm programs such as IMP, ZMP, M740, MEX and Kermit rely on the users terminal equipment to be defined to the BIOS. Some such as Kermit will play tricks by knowing the terminal type you are and simulate VT52 or Z-19 term commands. However, it is usually best, if possible, to use your built in terminal (BIOS defined if not physical). Thanks for listinin' Gary Hutchison GHK@NCCIBM1