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From: hartkopf@tramp.Colorado.EDU (HARTKOPF JEFFREY M)
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Subject: Re: A E Datalink
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Date: 27 Jun 89 15:37:21 GMT
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In article <8906270917.AA03513@crash.cts.com> pnet01!pro-simasd!pro-avalon!jstich@nosc.mil writes:
>Network Comment: to #9265 by pnet01!crash!ucbvax.berkeley.edu!att!chinet!arf
>>I have a 2E with an AE Datalink using vt52 or IBM 3101 emulators that came  
>>with Dataling software. 
>>I am having problems using vi editor on unix.  It obeys most of the commands  
>>but doesn't work well enough to use on line. 
>>Is anyone getting proper results from these emulators? 
>
>I've been having the same with my IIgs. I just got an account on a UNIX system, 
>and have been unable, unfortunatley, to do anything that needs to do positning
>on the screen (eg. vi, various text games, etc.) I would GREATLY appreciate
>any help someone can give me with this, as I would MUCH rather do my UNIXing 
>from home than driving all the way down to work just to check my mail.


I had the same problem for a while.  However, it turns out that if you
set your terminal emulation to "Soroc" on both DataTerm and the Unix system
you are using, this will work much better than VT52, although still not as
well as VT100.  For example, when moving up a document in vi, instead of
scrolling line by line Soroc scrolls by about half a page.  Also you will have
to use the hjkl keys instead of the arrow keys (in vi, at least).  To set
the terminal emulation in DataTerm, press ClosedApple-E and choose "Soroc".
To set it on your Unix system, type "set term=soroc".  Should work fine.

As someone recommended earlier, if this still isn't good enough, you might
try ProTERM which has VT100 emulation that works great.


Jeff Hartkopf

Internet:
hartkopf@tramp.Colorado.EDU