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From: Matthew.Desmond@p0.f178.n221.z1.fidonet.org (Matthew Desmond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Desterm 2.0...
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Date: 29 Dec 90 17:56:41 GMT
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Lyle:
 
 > Now that I have my own 1670 I have upgraded to 2.0. There
 > is still one
 > problem that has held over since the original version.
 > I selected
 > "Light Cyan" as my "Char Color". However, shortly after
 > using the
 > terminal in VT102 mode the character color changes to "Cyan"
 > (the
 > darker version). While this is minor, the darker color
 > can be hard on
 > the eyes. Is this a problem with Desterm or with the VT102
 > control
 > codes?
 
VT102 has a command to turn bright mode on, and also a way to turn 
bright mode off.  If you select Light Cyan and a 'brigt off' command
comes accross, then the colour will change to regular cyan.  I see 
no way around this, other than to suggest that you don't select
'bright' colours when using VT102 - and you won't be surprised...

 > One other problem also held over from the original is the
 > difficulty in setting up the program for my modem. Although
 > I had
 > less problems this time around, it still took me awhile
 > to get Desterm
 > to work with the 1670. I'm still not sure why it works,
 > I really
 > didn't change anything.
For a 1670, just select 1200 baud and modem=1670...  You may need 
to change dial parameters depending on your exchange (redial pause 
etc) but 1670's are fully catered for now.
 
Matthew E. Desmond 



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