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From: iav1917%ritcv@cs.rit.edu (alan i. vymetalik)
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Subject: Re: Terminal Emulation Software wanted for DEC Rainbow
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Date: 1 Jul 89 01:57:11 GMT
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In article <3053@rti.UUCP> bcw@rti.UUCP (Bruce Wright) writes:
>In article <5509@misadel.oz>, jeremy@misadel.oz (Jeremy Begg) writes:
>> Is there a terminal emulation program for the Rainbow which allows it to
>> function as a VT200- or VT300-series terminal?  Any help would be much
>> appreciated.
>
>LCTERM is a pretty decent terminal emulation program for the DEC Rainbow.
>The most recent version of the program is a commercial product (I think
>it also runs on the IBM-PC), but some of the earlier versions were freeware
>(technically not public domain because the author retained the copyright
>but granted permission to copy provided no money changed hands).
>
>It allows the use of the full keyboard (unlike the builtin terminal
>emulation software).  It does not however -quite- emulate a VT220 - some
>of the escape sequences for the 220 are not emulated properly.  It looks
>sort of like a VT102 with an LK201 keyboard - which VMS is quite happy
>with by the way.  In most practical usage you wouldn't notice that it
>isn't quite a correct VT220/VT320 emulation - only if you do a lot of
>terminal escape sequence hacking.
>
>LCTERM supports KERMIT and XMODEM file transfer protocols as well.
>Bruce C. Wright

   
Ah, how soon we forget...  Or, maybe Bruce didn't know about...

   Stew Stryker and Ian Fraser's public domain VT220/VT241 emulator called
   TurboComm II is out there!.  The latest version I have on hand is dated
   6-19-87, though I think I have a later version in my pile of PD disks.

   TurboComm supports ASCII, Xmodem, and Telink file transfers.  It's
   slick piece of public domain software for the Rainbow.  Too bad a lot
   of the "commercial" Rainbow stuff looked and worked as well as LCTERM
   and TurboComm. 

   If you can't dig this up on a Rainbow BBS somewhere (try the Hitch-
   Hiker's Guide at 1-315-589-7361 - it's a 67MB Rainbow 100B holding a
   ton of Rainbow software...), send me a diskette and I'll mail it
   back with the program and any other little tidbits that might fit
   (just specify what you're looking for).

   Enjoy,
   Alan

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