Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!pollux.usc.edu!papa From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: SWM seeks Terminal Program for Lasting Relationship Message-ID: <29609@usc> Date: 25 Jan 91 08:22:41 GMT References: <6336@orchid3.UUCP> Sender: news@usc Organization: Felsina Software, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 39 Nntp-Posting-Host: pollux.usc.edu In article <6336@orchid3.UUCP> king@motcid.UUCP (Steven King) writes: >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. I can assure you it can do 132x48, actually 132x50 and evn more on PAL machines. Indeed the eyestrain might be too much for some folks :-) |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. You don't mention which version *might* be broken. The current one is 1.3e and we've received NO bug reports in the past 8 months regarding the VT100 emulator, so I'd be extremely interested in any details, as long as they apply to tests performed on the "current" release. -- Marco -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Xerox sues somebody for copying?" -- David Letterman -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=