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From: jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: VT-100 Emulators & ONLINE!
Message-ID: <31390@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Date: 24 Sep 90 17:18:04 GMT
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Marco Papa <papa@pollux.usc.edu> writes:
  
> 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
>
Some of you may feel that Marco is a bit biased.  I'm *NOT* biased, and 
paid good(?) money for ONLINE!.
 
I agree with everything Marco said!  He may be biased, but he's right 
when he tells you to steer clear of ONLINE! if you need decent VT-100 
emulation.
 
   --- Cal
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