Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!ginosko!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Henry_Burdett_Messenger From: Henry_Burdett_Messenger@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari VT52 accessory...help! Message-ID: <22985@cup.portal.com> Date: 11 Oct 89 23:26:03 GMT References: <8910080127.AA00912@jupiter.nmt.edu> <22969@cup.portal.com> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 24 Bob Retelle writes: > Essentially, all it does is let the ST emulate a DEC (Digital Equipment Co) > terminal. The VT-52 terminal is a fairly standard unit, and the ST itself > uses VT-52 commands for a lot of its screen handling. > > When you click on the VT-52 ACCessory, your ST becomes a VT-52 terminal. Yo > can send and receive text through a modem connected to the serial port of > the ST. If the computer you're connected to can send VT-52 "escape codes", > your screen will act just like a real VT-52 terminal. That turns out not to be the case. The VT-52 accessory does not emulate a VT-52. On the trivial side, escape sequences are supported that change colors. The VT-52 never had any color other than black and white; trust me, at one time, I fixed them. On the serious side, NONE of the escape sequences that should be generated by the keypad (in application mode) and the 4 function keys can be transmitted without typing them in directly. This means virtually none of the VAX applications will work with it (including EDT, FMS and TDMS). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry B. Messenger henry_burdett_messenger@cup.portal.com Digital Equipment Corporation isn't responsible for anything I say on Usenet