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From: CHAA006%vaxa.rhbnc.ac.uk@CS.UCL.AC.UK
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Subject: VT and TEK emulation for IBM-PCs.
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Date: Mon, 11-Aug-86 11:01:33 EDT
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>>> I'm looking for pointers to products that emulate either a Tektronix 4105
>>> or a DEC VT240.  We're using Leading Edge and Sperry PC's with a mixture
>>> of Hercules, Tecmar, and IBM-clone graphics boards.

I'm currently using the SmarTerm 240 on a genuine IBM PC-XT.  It seems superb.
It offers VT52/100/125/220/240/640 + Tektronix 4014 emulation.  There is an 
undesirable interaction with the latest ROM BIOS, which prevents TEK zooming
from working properly, but I understand they're working on that.  I'm also
not convinced that the VT640 emulation is perfect, but I haven't a real VT640
with which to compare it --- only some software which claims to drive a VT640.
Also I can't seem to get Tektronix 'write-through' to work.  Despite these
points, I'd have no hesitation in recomending it.  It also offers dumb and
intelligent file transfer.


Philip Taylor (RHBNC; Univ. of London, U.K.) <CHAA006@UK.AC.RHBNC.VAXB>

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