Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!spool2.mu.edu!uunet!motcid!king From: king@motcid.UUCP (Steven King) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: SWM seeks Terminal Program for Lasting Relationship Message-ID: <6336@orchid3.UUCP> Date: 23 Jan 91 19:29:14 GMT References: Organization: Motorola Inc. - Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL 60004 Lines: 28 In article jwz@lucid.com (Jamie Zawinski) writes: >o the ability to display 132x48 characters on a standard monitor >o the ability to use 7 data bits, 1 stop bit, even parity (you'd be > surprised how many so-called terminal programs can't do this...) >o a good scripting language >o vt100 emulation (or any terminal able to display inverse-video > characters) (that is, not vt52) >o correct operation at both 1200 and 9600 baud ATalkIII claims to do all this. I say "claims" because I haven't actually tried some of it myself. There are menu settings for 132x48, but I'm not overly fond of eyestrain so I've left it alone. :-) 7E1 is possible, it has its own (adequate) scripting language and an ARexx port for more involved control, does a passable VT100, and works well at 9600 baud. The VT100 emulation might be slightly broken. I use it successfully on two Unix systems I call, but one editor (a nonstandard homebrew editor) breaks it. The author of the editor claims that it works with an honest-to-god VT100, so I suspect ATalkIII's emulation isn't perfect. I also highly suspect that the author over-optimized his code... ATalkIII is commercial and lists for about US $100. -- ---------------------------------------------------+--------------------------- American Non-Sequitur Society -- We don't make | Steven King sense, but we do like pizza. | Motorola Cellular | ...uunet!motcid!king