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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: comm programs
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Date: 23 Sep 90 21:04:24 GMT
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In article <1990Sep17.172317.4987@ucselx.sdsu.edu> maxc0849@ucselx.sdsu.edu (InnerTangent) writes:
> 	Right now, the only term that I have experienced and know that i could
>emulate vt100 rather closely is "Online !!".  It does a beautiful job on the
>control codes and even support the cursor control on a typical vt100 terminal.
		   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>	
>	If you could get your hand on Online!! , do it.  Although it is not as
>pretty as Access, or as quick as BaudBandit, it is a solid terminal package.
>It also support Kermit if you need to transfer files between your Amiga and 
>Mainframe.  Other protocols are also supported (X, Z, etc.)

Sorry I could not resist replying to this one :-) You say that Online! emulates
the VT100 "rather closely" and it "even supports the cursor control". This is
a joke right?  If it didn't support the cursor control it would be TOTALLY
unusable.  In fact Online!'s VT100 emulator is the *worse* of all the ones 
I've seen, commercial, shareware and PD.  It fails on almost all features
even on simple torture tests like VTTEST. If you're strapped with money
both VT100 R.9 and Hanshake will do a much better job at emulating a VT100
than Online! by a mile. Both are available on Fish disks.  Of the commercials
I have no problem at stating that we have the best one.  And we do support
our products on a daily basis.  Ask yourself when Online! last updated their
program or fixed the problems to the VT100 emulation that have been known
to them for years.

-- Marco
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