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From: p40001@mcomp.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: PC-VT emulator
Message-ID: <10800028@mcomp>
Date: Mon, 6-Oct-86 17:16:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  6 17:16:00 1986
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Nf-From: mcomp.UUCP!p40001    Oct  6 16:16:00 1986


> I have downloaded, uudecoded, and un-arced the PC-VT program posted to
> the net recently, and have run the VT100 emulator test program posted to
> net.sources on it.  I am sorry to report that it fails most of these tests
> miserably.  The cursor movement tests, which fill the screen with a nice
> symmetrical pattern, using all the cursor movement commands resulted in an
> unreadable mess.  The VT102 feature tests likewise.  Ditto for VT52.  Double
> width characters came out completely illegible.  I tried to post this message
> using it, but unfortunately, vi did not work right with it.
> 
> I did not try kermit or xmodem, since I did not have time.  Maybe this is
> an old (very old) version of the program.  I hope I didn't sound too 
> negative, but I am only reporting the results.  
> 
> NB.  I tried the VT100 test program on several VT100 compatibles, including
> a VT240, and everything works fine.

I am not familiar with the test you refer to, but I'm using the program with
vi every day, and it works right for me. Have you read the documenation, and 
set the program up to work with a UNIX host? (it defaults to a VMS host).

All I can say, it works for me!
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