Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!becker!bdb From: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: SWM seeks Terminal Program for Lasting Relationship Message-ID: <68571@becker.UUCP> Date: 26 Jan 91 16:47:23 GMT References: Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lines: 40 In article jwz@lucid.com (Jamie Zawinski) writes: |What I want in a terminal program: | |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 | |"Diga" almost matches this, which I why I've been using it for years, |but its scripting language is pretty pathetic, and its vt100 emulation |is a little buggy. | |I tried "vt100" version 2.9 (I think) but it malfunctions in a BIG way |when I use a font small enough to give me 132x48. | |Is there anything else out there that fits the bill? "Handshake" by Eric Haberfellner (eric@haberfellner.uucp) has been able to do 132x48 for quite a while now. In addition it will reliably do VT220 emulation as well as VT100 and VT102 (I can't recall if it does VT52). It will support speeds to at least 19200 if not higher with no problem. I'm not certain about the scripting language, but it supports AREXX, so you could call it externally and manage thing that way. It has a "no-window" mode from AREXX so you can use it as a serial-port interface. This is currently shareware, and it is available on many bbs's and archives. The current version is 2.20, I believe... -- ,u, Bruce Becker Toronto, Ontario a /i/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `\o\-e UUCP: ...!uunet!mnetor!becker!bdb _< /_ "Que es mas macho: moral fiber, o oat bran?" - lala