haddock@ti-csl (08/04/86)
/* Written 9:33 am Jul 31, 1986 by roberts@NBS-VMS.arpa in ti-csl:net.micro */ /* ---------- "VT100 emulation on personal compute" ---------- */ >Questions for Amiga users (since INFO-AMIGA is not currently running): > Does the Amigaterm program have a vt100 emulator good enough for the >applications mentioned above? Will it transmit NULL characters? Does it >implement PF1-PF4? If you mean the AmigaTerm from Commodore itself yes to all of the above; it even does 128-column mode (not 132 but good enough). The copy I've seen was at a local dealer. Word has it from Cmdr. that this emulator will be or is packaged with Cmdr.'s MODEM for the Amiga. > Is there a program called Maxicomm? Any experience with it? Yes. I have both an old version 1.02 and the newer 3.00. The older version is what I used to use with very good results although it wasn't VT100. The older version (and the new one) both passed the characters to the CONSOLE which makes use of the ANSI escape sequences but wasn't good enough for VT100. I have a termcap entry that works just peachy for vi, Gnu-Emacs, and others. Unfortunately the screen is 77x23. The new version, 3.00, I have yet to use and not have it wedge. I sent it back to the makers and they apparently sent it back, now copyprotected (when I original paid for an unprotect version) and still exhibiting the hanging bug. Foo on them. > Any good public domain programs with vt100 emulators for the Amiga? StarTerm 3.?? although I think this is more along the lines of Shareware. Nonetheless, I've heard it from reliable sources that this is the program to get (other than the Cmdr. AmigaTerm). > Does anyone know of a fix for the emulator bugs in OnLine! ? Don't know - I don't own a copy. Btw, the latest version of C-Kermit for the Amiga from Columbia U. allows an ANSI screen just like the old MaxiComm. This is great since my termcap entry is working reasonably well and I didn't have to change anything to use Kermit. This Kermit also handles 9600 pretty well, best I've seen on the Amiba, and the screen I/O is much faster than the 1200 or so baud the normal console device(?) usually performs. If you can get it - DO SO!!!! -Rusty- ================================================================ *hardcopy* *electr{onic, ic}* Rusty Haddock ARPA: Haddock%TI-CSL@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA POB 226015 M/S 238 CSNET: Haddock@TI-CSL Texas Instruments Inc. USENET: {ut-sally,convex!smu,texsun}!ti-csl!haddock Dallas, Texas 75266 VOICE: (214) 995-0330