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From: leland@mhuxl.UUCP (WOODBURY)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: pc communication with unix
Message-ID: <1295@mhuxl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Apr-84 17:04:35 EST
Article-I.D.: mhuxl.1295
Posted: Wed Apr 18 17:04:35 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 19-Apr-84 04:29:47 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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Here's my problem:  I'm trying out a number of communications packages and
using them to log on to unix.  Specifically, I'm using Perfect Link, Crosstalk,
Smartcom II (comes with Hayes Smartmodem 1200B board), and PC-Talk III.  All
of these seem to be fine programs; however, I've identified two specific
problems:  

word wrapping:  Crosstalk and Perfect Link don't deal well with lines longer
than 80 characters.  No problem if you're in an environment like vi where the
wrap is automatic, but a command like "echo $PATH" (where the length of PATH
is long enough) just keeps printing all characters from the 81st on in the
80th character position.  As near as I can tell, there is no (simple) solution
to this problem.

terminal emulation:  Well, PC-Talk and Smartcom II deal OK with the above, but
they get into trouble in vi, because I don't know what TERM to emulate.  These
two programs don't provide terminal emulation, so they're no help.  Has anyone
dealt with this before?  Has anyone designed a TERMCAP for use with either of
these two programs?  That would solve my problem nicely. 

You'd think that, of these four leading packages, one of them would solve both
(or rather, have neither) of these problems, but life just ain't like that.  
Can anyone help?

Oh, yeah, one more thing:  When uploading files to unix with PC-Talk, the
text ends up double-spaced; my assumption is that PC-Talk is either inserting
extra linefeeds or not deleting linefeeds which unix is then duplicating.  
There is no such problem when downloading to the pc.  Does anyone know which
of these actions is occurring (if either), why it's occurring, and any
reasonable solution?  

Thanking whoever in advance...

Lee Woodbury
Bell Communications Research
Murray Hill, NJ