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From: msl5864@ritcv.UUCP (Michael S. Leibow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Terminal emulators for Model III
Message-ID: <22@ritcv.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 03:42:54 EST
Article-I.D.: ritcv.22
Posted: Fri Jan 16 03:42:54 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Jan-87 22:31:31 EST
References: <8217@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> <2156@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <359@umnd-cs-gw.umnd-cs.UUCP> <779@houem.UUCP>
Reply-To: msl5864@ritcv.UUCP (Michael S. Leibow)
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Lines: 49
Keywords: ORCH90, COMPUSERVE, MODEL I/III Disk Compatibility

In article <779@houem.UUCP> marty1@houem.UUCP writes:
>In article <359@umnd-cs-gw.umnd-cs.UUCP>, news@umnd-cs.UUCP (news), a.k.a.
>rhealey@umn-d-ub.UUCP (Rob Healey), writes:
>>    ..... Let's see if we can get some
>>    action in this group, it's way too quiet. How 'bout some, legitimate,
>>    sources being posted? I have a model 3 terminal program that works
>>    with vi and unix, even news. Would anybody be interested in it? Well,
>>    enough of me for today,
>
>Should sources be posted to this newsgroup, or is there another place
>to put machine-readable (rather than people-readable) messages?
>
>Anyway, three TRS-80's owned by a non-profit organization are sitting
>in my basement: (1) a Model III with 48K, limping disks, and RS232,
>(2) a Model III with 48K, no disks, and RS232, and (3) a Model 4 with
>64K, no disks, no RS232.  I also have a program that makes the 80x24
>screen in the 4 accessible to a Model III disk OS, but it doesn't work
>reliably with the cassette OS in ROM, and I can't fix it because I
>don't have the source.  So I can't use the VT132 terminal emulator,
>even if I knew how to move the RS232 hardware from the III to the 4.
>
>The III's run a terminal emulator based on one copyrighted by Ron Bemis
>(somewhere in Oregon).  I added the ability to send DEL and BREAK and a
>cursor-addressing capability.  I also changed the disk file transfer
>capabilities to cassette capabilities (because I didn't get the disks
>until later, and haven't had time to put the disk capability back).  I
>use it for UNIX(tm) systems and for TSO (yechhh!).  It works with vi
>and curses on all the UNIX machines I use, but it can't emulate any
>well known terminal because of its 64x16 screen, so I had to write
>termcap and terminfo entries for it.
>
>Do I have anything anybody else wants?  Does anybody else have anything
>I can use?
>
>M. B. Brilliant					Marty
>AT&T-BL HO 3D-520	(201)-949-1858
>Holmdel, NJ 07733	ihnp4!houem!marty1


I got a model three version that puts the computer in model IV mode,
but it's got a lot of bugs in it and I am not sure where it is.  BUt if
anyone is interested, I could post that too.....



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Michael S. Leibow
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