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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
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Subject: Re: JRComm
Keywords: vt-100 woes, snap woes
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Date: 2 Sep 90 06:11:12 GMT
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In article <26dee7cb-28c7.6comp.sys.amiga-1@tronsbox.xei.com> tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (HIM) writes:
>>Resp: 5 of 5 About: 
>><> [Dennis Francis Heffernan] (*Masked*@tronsbox.xei.com)
>>	('Course, I've gone back to VLT again, anyway, cause of its rexx
>>interface and somewhat more stable VT100.)

>I just switched to VLT here because it has the ONLY usable Vt-100 I have
					     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>found on the Amiga (useable in this case = UNIX COMPATIBLE).

Sorry to object, but the phrase "VLT ... has the only VT100 ... found on the
Amiga" is plainly FALSE.   In fact the VT100 in VLT has still quite a number
of bugs in it.  There are a number of VT100 emulators for the Amiga
that are QUITE BETTER than the one in VLT.  Among the Shareware/PD, Handshake
is definitely the best (shareware), while VT100 2.9 is certainly as good if
not better than VTL's.  Among the commercials of course I have no problem
in saying that my own VT100 is better than VLT's (but you knew that was
coming ;-). And remember one thing: it takes very little to get a VT100
emulator that works with UNIX, since termcap-based programs use only a few
of the VT100 features.  The real test is VMS and all DEC's associated
programs (like EDT, EVE, the DEC debugger, etc...).  That's when you see
the differences (and the bugs:-).

-- Marco
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