Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!think!ames!cit-vax!elroy!jplpro!grieggs From: grieggs@jplpro.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari ST terminal emulation (was Re: when using termcap, get it right!) Message-ID: <229@jplpro.JPL.NASA.GOV> Date: Tue, 2-Jun-87 03:13:22 EDT Article-I.D.: jplpro.229 Posted: Tue Jun 2 03:13:22 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Jun-87 06:56:10 EDT References: <1149@carthage.swatsun.UUCP> <8601@tekecs.TEK.COM> Reply-To: grieggs@jplpro.UUCP (John T. Grieggs) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA. Lines: 35 Xref: utgpu comp.sources.d:718 comp.sys.atari.st:3585 In article <13222@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.UUCP (Michael Khaw) writes: >In article <901@lll-lcc.aRpA> langdon@lll-lcc.aRpA (Bruce Langdon) writes: >... >>Atari 540 ST's with a monochrome monitor are as cheap and provide a lot >>better display quality, or else more lines/characters per line. >... >>If you don't need perfect VT-xxx and IBM compatibility, buy cheap. > >1) What terminal emulation packages run on STs? (I don't follow the > ST newsgroups since I don't have any STs). Amongst others, FLASH, ST-TERM, and UNITERM do creditable jobs of VT100 emulation. UNITERM has the added attractions of being free (public domain) and of being very complete. For example, it includes a 4014 vector emulation more, and handles 132 column mode. I have the most experience personally with FLASH. It supports VT100 in 24 or 48 line mode. I have logged many hours using this program on a VAX VMS system, and have no real complaints. >2) What if I need pretty faithful vt100 emulation? Doesn't kermit, > for example, (I assume there is a kermit for STs) do a reasonable job? > See above for VT100. There are at least two full-featured term programs with VT100 that also support Kermit, ST-TERM and PC-INTERCOMM. I have not used either a great deal. Incidentally, VT-52 emulation is built into the OS ROM, which makes it relatively easy to add VT-100... _john -- John T. Grieggs (Telos @Jet Propulsion Laboratory) 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, Ca. 91109 M/S 301-260A (818) 354-0465 Uucp: {cit-vax,elroy,chas2}!jplpro!grieggs Arpa: ...jplpro!grieggs@cit-vax.ARPA