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From: joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VT-100 Emulators & ONLINE!
Message-ID: <25mFq10w163w@valnet>
Date: 2 Oct 90 22:06:12 GMT
References: <59740@bbn.BBN.COM>
Organization: Valley BBS Network
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cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes:

> bleys@tronsbox.xei.com (Bill Cavanaugh) writes:
> 
> }>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. ...
> 
> }I'm not biased, and I seldom agree with anything Marco says, but he (and
> }Cal) hit the nail on the head this time.
> 
> Could one of you folks mail me or post or something a specific (useful)
> thing that online! doesn't do right?  I've used all of the 'big 4'
> [vlt, vt100, Online! and AT3] to dial into my SUN workstation at BBN
> from my Amiga at home, and generally the VT100 emulation is just not a
> problem.  My only criticism of Online!'s vt100 emulation is that it is
> SLOW, but in terms of 'decent vt-100 emulation', Online seems to do
> OK.  What *is* it that you folks do with your comm programs that so
> clearly show up Online's problems?
> 
>   /bErnie\

Hey...remember that JR-Comm is an excellent terminal program. (Although 
currently the VT100 sucks really bad)

-Joseph Hillenburg

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