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From: dflahert@tagore.helios.nd.edu (Dennis Flaherty)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: DesTerm 128 v2.00 (bug report)
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Date: 11 Sep 90 16:05:47 GMT
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In article <1990Sep9.011304.1616@uoft02.utoledo.edu> grx0644@uoft02.utoledo.edu (Tony Schliesser) writes:
> In article <57272@microsoft.UUCP>, kentsu@microsoft.UUCP (Kent SULLIVAN) writes:
> > 
> > Instead, he posted the files to the Oswego site (129.3.1.1), in the
> > "pub/c128/telecom" and "pub/c64/telecom" directories, respectively.
> 
> I just downloaded the new Desterm and it looks very hopeful!!! So far, so
> good!

I've downloaded and built DesTerm now myself (the $25 shareware check is 
in the mail), and it's a very capable vt102 emulator.  I had a lot of
problems with the bugs in vt100-128 (which came with my 1670 modem),
but when I'd use kermit, I'd miss having programmable function keys
and a decent font.

DesTerm has an excellent font, online menus, a dial directory, nine
definable function keys for EACH entry in the dial directory, script
(autologon) files for each, color (colour in this case!), true baud-rate
support upto 9600bps, x/x1k/ymodem/punter support, video interlace for
50-52 screen rows, a buffer, RAMdisk support for 17xx, overlays,
and lots of savable options.  And music.  

The program works surprisingly well for its size, but I've found
a minor bug (my CRC checks were ok when I unpacked it).
When the emulator is run initially, and whenever a
menu is left, the emulator is placed in vt100 "bold" (escape
sequence ^[[1m) mode.  Many applications (such as rn and more/less)
put some characters in reverse video (^[[7m) and reset with ^[[m.
This turns off the bold mode as well, making the following
characters darker than what the user was used to.  But I can
certainly live with this!

Thanks!
--
Dennis Flaherty              dennisf@ndcvx.cc.nd.edu
U of Notre Dame      Dept. of Electrical Engineering
  Notre Dame *tells* me what opinions to have.