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From: ehs@jumbo.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: terminal emulation
Message-ID: <809@jumbo.dec.com>
Date: Tue, 2-Jun-87 00:13:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: jumbo.809
Posted: Tue Jun  2 00:13:09 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 4-Jun-87 01:56:31 EDT
References: <126@lakesys.UUCP> <12360@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Organization: DEC Systems Research Center, Palo Alto
Lines: 25
Keywords: 8bit vt100
Summary: Consider VT52A.ACT also

I have used all three of the terminal emulators mentioned by Marc
Appelbaum (Chameleon, Kermit and VT10SQ) and each has been useful.  They
all have shortcomings for talking to Unix systems though.  Chameleon and
Kermit create an 80-character line by using normal Atari character
graphics to display ca. 40 characters and giving you [shift] START to
control horizontal scrolling.  OK for file transfer, but I find this
intolerable for reading mail or for any kind of editing.  VT10SQ uses
bit-map graphics to create an 80 x 24 screen.  I believe that the VT100
emulation is incomplete; the combination of VT10SQ, the VT100 termcap on
our system, and Emacs (Unipress version) doesn't seem to be usable.  Also,
VT10SQ seems to have some strange ideas about character mappings.  As far
as I know, the sources aren't available for fixes or customization.

I've recently had good luck with VT52A.ACT, an ACTION! program posted here
by Michael Jenkin in May 1986.  It uses bit-map graphics to get 80
characters like VT10SQ.  In my opinion, the characters are somewhat more
readable.  It emulates a VT52 (optionally, an extended VT52) that seems to
get along much better with Emacs.  The address on the original posting
was ...!utcari!utai!jenkin if you want to inquire about availability and
possible updates.

Ed Satterthwaite
Digital Systems Research Center, Palo Alto, CA
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