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From: n8742883@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu (Perry Pederson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: VT100 Terminal Programs
Message-ID: <1991Feb14.212658.6445@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu>
Date: 14 Feb 91 21:26:58 GMT
References: <7561@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Organization: Western Washington University, Bellingham
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In article <7561@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> d_alvear@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Domingo Alvear) writes:
>I was just wondering if anybody out there knew of a GOOD vt100
>terminal emulation.  I've downloaded a program called MiniTerm, but it
>puts wierd characters all ver the screen.  And the docs and such are
>in German so I really don't get it.  I use Flash, but the graphics are
>not very good since the IBM cset is not supported.

	I have found that the VT-100 mode in ST-Talk Pro works very
well.  I use it about 3-4 hours/day to communicate with my
universitie's mainframe.  It supports underlining and boldface codes
to the screen, has X/Y/Zmodem support (no Kermit), is able to run
'batch' files written in it's own pseudo-basic code, is able to retain
thirty macros, and has a very unusual ability to mimic a user's
keypresses down to the second;  after selecting a 'autolog' feature on
a menu, the program records a user's keypresses and writes the
pseudo-basic code to one of ten memory buffers so the user can alter
and run the code, thus mimicking their actions.  It also has a
full-fledged editor that can be accessed by pressing the left button
on the mouse.

	The only complaint that I have about ST-talk is that it can't
do background downloading, and when I switch from
telecommunications-mode to editor-mode, the program doesn't accept the
VT codes (52 or 100) properly when returning to telecommunications
mode.  I tend to stay away from using the editor when doing long
programmin sessions as I can't use EMACS (or other editors) very well
on my mainframe after switching to the editor.


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