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From: bammi@cwruecmp.UUCP (Jwahar R. Bammi)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: Reply to: Questions about ST vs. AMIGA
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Date: Sat, 21-Dec-85 22:14:08 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 21 22:14:08 1985
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> 	Incidentally, I'm using my ST at the moment in VT52 Emulation mode
> over a phone line to a VAX to write this note. The VT52 Em does 99% of things
> just as the vi editor on UNIX wants it to. (Sometimes it makes an error
> counting lines and positions the cursor on the screen one line above where
> it is in the file.) But I must say that the copy of STTALK I have makes a
> complete and utter mess of the very same commands from vi. 
> 	STTALK is perfect at communicating files via XMODEM, and the CAPTURE
> mode also works perfectly. But instructions from vi just push the cursor to the
> right of the screen, from which it never escapes. Hence I have had to leave
> STTALK for the VT52 emulator to write this note.
> 	The VT52 Emulator has just made the error I mentioned. I escaped
> from insert mode to replace two erroneous characters. And when I went back to
> inserting, the cursor appeared one line above where it was (hopefully) in the
> file. I'll have to check if this is truly so.
> 	Has anybody else found these problems, and if so, do you know the
> solution(s)? 
> 	Another problem is line noise at 1200 baud. Every 15 characters or
> so at 1200 baud, the VAX seems to receive a ^C from me. (With roughly
> Poisson distribution of arrival.) So I suffer with 300 baud. This makes
> reading superfluous info/questions painful.
> 	The version of STTALK I use is V1.0. I also have version 0.95. Has
> a version later than 1.0 yet appeared?
> 				So long,
> 					Alan Kennington.

I agree that the STTALK is totally useless as terminal emulator. But
you can still try, remembering that sttalk give you a 21 line vt52
instead of the usual 25. So the TERMCAP entry has to be appro.
adjusted (li#21).
	I have not encountered the problem with the cursor jumping
to the wrong line. I normally use Gnuemacs, not Vi, but I don't
think that should matter. It sounds like a character or so is getting
dropped. So you may try fine tuning the padding in your TERMCAP entry.
I fine tuned my entry so that I get no Xon/Xoff when I hit a ^L in the
editor to refresh a screen full (Xon/offs play havoc with emacs). I
usually use the St uver a 2400 Baud modem with a simple terminal
emulator that uses Xbios calls to do output, so the Bios takes care
of the Vt52 emulation. I also use the St over a 9600 Baud line, with
no problem (ie. after tuning my TERMCAP entry). I have also used
the emulator in the 50 Line mode after adjusting the TERMCAP entry
(li#50) with no problems.
	V1.1 id Sttalk is avail. by sending your origonal disk and $2
to them . I received mine a couple of days back. It still has the
brain  damaged bars, but a lot if the bugs have been cleared, added
a coouple of feature, like remembering Baud rates with the Dial
Entries, Dial prefixes, Entry A's Baud Rate is the Baud rate it comes
up in, etc. etc.




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