Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!caip!clyde!cbatt!neoucom!wtm From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Picking a terminal emulator Message-ID: <232@neoucom.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jul-86 09:13:53 EDT Article-I.D.: neoucom.232 Posted: Mon Jul 14 09:13:53 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 15-Jul-86 01:39:18 EDT Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Lines: 37 Keywords: Digital Creations Gizmoz ////// In response to the question about picking a terminal emulator, I've been using the terminal program on the Digital Creations "Gizmoz" disk. The Gizmoz terminal seems to be a very clean implementation. Most of the TVI 900 series termials are supported, vt100, ansi, adm3a, etc. as well. They seem to have done their homework, as the vt100 works with unix/vi o.k. You've got to be careful. A lot of terminal programs will indeed generate the appropriate escape sequences, yet will not work with vi because of slowness. In particular, vi senses time delay to tell if a human types -a or if an arrow key generated the same code sequence. I'm sure you can see that a slow emulator could cause massive consternation! By the way, the terminal emulator is only one of many interesting things on the Gizmoz disk. Other interesting goodied include a task scheduler, compress, crypt, etc. The whole lot is MSRP $49.95. Probably the nicest disk I've actually purchased for the amiga. Also it is not!!! copy-protected. Thanks! By the way, I tried Maxicomm, and it has time-out problems with vi. It is also copy-proof which severly limits its utility as a program that you rely upon for day-to-day use. (Sorry Maxicomm, but that's how it is.) As you might have guessed, I don't work for either of these companies. There are several other emulators on the market as well. I think MSC has one. My suggestion is to talk the dealer in to letting you test it in the store with a modem. Vi is a good acid test. Bill Mayhew Div. Basic Sciences NEOUCOM