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From: u3369429@murdu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: when using termcap, get it right!
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Date: Mon, 15-Jun-87 04:55:27 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 15 04:55:27 1987
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Reply-To: u3369429@murdu.oz.au (Michael Bednarek)
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I don't know why this discussion is in comp.sources.d, but where is
a better place?

In article <1335@super.upenn.edu.upenn.edu> catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu.UUCP (Tony Catone) writes:
>The problem we have with this is that our users fall in love with
>the VT100 keyboard for editors like EDT and TPU, and then complain
>about the incomplete VT100 emulation PC's provide.  In reality, most
>times it turns out the emulators (PC/Intercom, MS-Kermit, CrossTalk)
>are very complete (with the notable exception of 132 column mode), but
>are limited by the fact that the PC keyboard does not physically have
>as many keys as the VT100 layout.

Apart from speed considerations (as somebody pointed out, even the
VT100 is pretty limited), would somebody care to name a hardware/software
combination which completely emulates a VT100? Including 132 columns,
smooth scroll, double height/width, alternate character sets like
Dec Special Graphics, Display Control Font ?
(Not to mention the VT100's VT52-compatibility, but now I'm going too far.)

The only ones I'm aware of are a handful of VT100 (or rather VT200) terminal
clones, no micros.