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From: jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA
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Subject: First impressions of CDY's new OmniCom VT100 emulator.
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Date: Fri, 24-Oct-86 18:21:55 EDT
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Hot off the presses!  Last night I just got CDY's OmniCom VT100 emulator up
and running, and it is a delight to use.  I have used VT10SQ, which has been
around awhile as a Public Domain VT100 emulator, and while it is useable,
CDY's new implementation runs circles around it in convenience.  Specifically,
OmniCom currently supports

	1. kermit file transfers (supported on many hosts)

	2. xmodem file transfers (supported on many BBS and some
	   large hosts too)

	3. single-keystroke emulation of the VT100 keypad!!!  The SELECT
	   key is used to change the keyboard over to keypad mode,
	   so you can type repeated cursor moves, etc., as single
	   keystrokes rather than ESC-this and ESC-that as required with
	   VT10SQ.

According to David Young, proprietor of CDY Consulting, the final version of
OmniCom will also support capture of incoming data to a file and transmission
from a file, which will permit transfers to and from most other systems even
if they don't support kermit or xmodem.

OmniCom is extremely user friendly with regard to allowing you to re-program
any key to send either a single hex character or a macro.  It leads you
through the process so you quite literally don't need a manual to use it; all
you have to remember is that the OPTION key calls up the options menu, and the
prompts do the rest.  You can even re-program the KEYPAD for special
applications!

Having used CDY's OmniWriter word processor for a number of months, I am not
surprised to find OmniCom such a nice product, but nevertheless I am very
pleased to FINALLY have a VT100 emulator for my XL which makes it every bit as
convenient to use as my "real" vt100 at work, a