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> If you should ever sell your VMS machines you will never again see
> problems like this one..from the very instant that you remove them from
> the network.
> 
> But speaking constructively, NeWS comes with a VT102 emulator. Several tty
> window managers (like the one called "screen" from the unix.sources
> archives) emulate VT100s.  Under X, xterm is close to a VT100. 

You can make all the silly jokes you want.  I work at Digital but I have a
Sun machine to test X11 applications.  Digital even sells XUI for Sun
users!  My comments were very honest ones...whether you like them or not!
I have purchased several 3rd party Sun packages that never met true VT
emulation specs....and yes, I spent good dollars on those stinking
packages!  I am a Sun user...so please don't gimme that ****

As far VT terminals go, DIGITAL is the standard.

Another point, xterm is a hack that breaks many ANSI standards/specs.
Even the MIT folks know this...and it cannot emulate anything beyond a
VT100.

Christopher Graham
Ultrix Resource Center
New York City.

"As an individual, I have the right to
speak my mind..so, these views are strictly