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From: mamason@mbunix.mitre.org (Mason)
Subject: Re: VT220 Terminal Emulator query
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1991 14:49:34 GMT

In article <1991Mar22.164238.47135@cc.usu.edu> jrd@cc.usu.edu writes:
>
>	There are a number of VT220 level, and recently some VT320 level
>terminal emulators in the commercial marketplace. They tend to be expensive
>because these beasts are complicated. The lowest cost VT300 level emulator
>is MS-DOS Kermit (v3.10 is the current release), price is free, performance
>is rated as pretty good (as good or better than most commercial offerings).
>MSK also lets one redefine the keyboard at will. Other than that I haven't
>seen any free terminal emulators of the VT200 and up class, and having
>written the MSK one I can well understand why people have been reluctant to
>attempt the task.
>	Joe D.

Crosstalk Communicator includes vt320 emulation, and at least
recently, you could upgrade from a competing product for $35.00 +
handling. I've been using Crosstalk Communicator for a while, after
running through most of the other competing products, and I like it a lot.
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