[comp.sys.mac.comm] Help with Terminal Emulation

davidkr@i88.isc.com (David Krunnfusz) (08/25/90)

As a fairly new user of a Mac, I have been having a few problems when
attempting to dial in from home to work.  I have an SE/30 with a
Hayes-compatible 2400 baud modem.  I have access to MacKnowledge, zterm, and uw.
I am logining into a Berkeley UNIX system.

I don't really have problems logining into the system.  However, when
I go to use 'vi', the position of the cursor on the screen and the
position 'vi' thinks it is in do not coincide (with zterm (I think) it
is a off-by-one error.  If I try to delete from line n to n+6, the
result is a deletion from n-1 to n+5).

Does anyone know the 'correct terminal type on the Mac'/'TERMCAP entry
for Berkeley UNIX' combination to allow me to 'vi' with no problems.

'uw' is nice for windowing, but it doesn't have any dialer scripts,
screen scrolling, or screen printing capabilities which I would find
useful from time to time.

Please e-mail your responses to me.  I will post if there is enough
interest.

Thanks,
Dave

The problem I have  been having is finding the correct emulation/
TERm

knighton@Oswego.EDU (Robert Knighton) (08/29/90)

In article <1990Aug24.195859.4180@i88.isc.com> davidkr@i88.isc.com (David Krunnfusz) writes:
=
=As a fairly new user of a Mac, I have been having a few problems when
=attempting to dial in from home to work.  I have an SE/30 with a
=Hayes-compatible 2400 baud modem.  I have access to MacKnowledge, zterm, and uw.
=I am logining into a Berkeley UNIX system.
=
=I don't really have problems logining into the system.  However, when
=I go to use 'vi', the position of the cursor on the screen and the
=position 'vi' thinks it is in do not coincide (with zterm (I think) it
=is a off-by-one error.  If I try to delete from line n to n+6, the
=result is a deletion from n-1 to n+5).
=
=Does anyone know the 'correct terminal type on the Mac'/'TERMCAP entry
=for Berkeley UNIX' combination to allow me to 'vi' with no problems.
=
='uw' is nice for windowing, but it doesn't have any dialer scripts,
=screen scrolling, or screen printing capabilities which I would find
=useful from time to time.
=
=Please e-mail your responses to me.  I will post if there is enough
=interest.
=
=Thanks,
=Dave
=
=The problem I have  been having is finding the correct emulation/
=TERm

Try White Pine Software's terminal emulation software.  They correctly 
and fully implement the vt200 family standards in their various products.
They are located in NH and thier adds can be found in MacUser and MacWorld
magazines.

If you access a non-DEC machine, then White Knight may be the way to go.

Then there's always Kermit...

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