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From: rknop@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Robert Andrew Knop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C64 as VT100 emulator: possible?
Keywords: vt100 emulator c64
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Date: 8 Dec 90 17:21:36 GMT
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synth@yenta.alb.nm.us (Synth F. Oberheim) writes:

>I want to go 2400 baud, but am afraid that I won't be able to find C64
>software that emulates a VT (VT100, preferably) AND does a graphics-
>simulated 80 columns.  Plus I understand that a serial interface is
>at least $100 on top of the 2400 baud modem's $100.

Actually, a standard RS-232 interface is not that bad.  Software
Support Internatinal advertises "Supra's Peak Modem Interface" for
$27.95, although it is not clear to me from the ad if it runs at 2400
baud.  I've got the Omnitronix Delux RS-232 interface (I used it with
a direct connection to a compus mainframe network back at Harvey
Mudd), which worked great, should run with any standard modem or
printer, at any baud rate (perhaps limited at 9600).  I paid something
like $30 for it.

>Is there software available for the 64 that works with a 2400 baud
>(Hayes-compatible) modem, emulates a VT100, and simulates 80 columns?

There's always Kermit v2.2.  This lets you run in 40 columns, 80
columns using the hi-res bitmapped screen, use the Batteries-Included
80-column card, or the 128's 80 column screen if you are running from
the 64 mode of a 128.  Being a 128 owner, I find the 64 simulated 80
columns somewhat hard to read (4 pixels/character!), but it is
possible.

Also, Kermit v2.2 has limited Tek-4010 graphics support, and claims to
run well at 2400 baud (I have never tried).  Finally, Kermit is a PD
program!

-Rob Knop
rknop@juliet.caltech.edu