larry@focsys.UUCP (Larry Williamson ) (04/30/88)
I am looking for a simple, yet fairly complete terminal emulator package. By simple I mean, it does not need any fancy features that would not normally be found in a terminal. By fairly complete I mean, it should support most of the useful ansi control sequences. The requirements are: . run on IBM-PC/XT (other end is a Unix machine). . support ansi screen control (especially colour) . pass ALL keyboard input to serial line, ie, no translation or interpretation of keys (especially control keys, ie. ^S) . serial port configuration (to 9600 baud) . after startup, only obscure key combinations should bring up any menus (ideally, there should be no menus to bring up) . that's all There is no need for . file transfer features, ie, xmodem, kermit, etc. . modem control I am prepared to use procomm plus if I must, but it has a couple of bugs that I find annoying. The worst is that when you enter a ^S, procomm interprets this and blocks the screen updates. The application on the unix machine expects to see the ^S as part of a command sequence. The user should not be confronted with some (to them) obscure menu asking them questions when they accidentally hit a key like PgUp. There may be ways around these bugs (or features), but if a simpler package is available, then that is what I'd like. Is there such a beast? Have you got one? How much is it? Please call today. -- Larry Williamson Focus Automation Systems UUCP: watmath!focsys!larry 608 Weber St. N, Waterloo, Ontario N2V 1K4 +1 519 746 4918