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From: billb@amcad.UUCP (Bill Burton)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari ST terminal emulation (was Re: when using termcap, get it right!)
Message-ID: <121@amcad.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Jun-87 14:46:31 EDT
Article-I.D.: amcad.121
Posted: Wed Jun  3 14:46:31 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 7-Jun-87 04:41:23 EDT
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in article <450@esl.UUCP>, dew@esl.UUCP (Douglas Wood) says:
> 
> In article <13222@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.UUCP (Michael Khaw) writes:
> 
>>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?
> 
> VT100 emulation has nothing to do with kermit.  KERMIT is a terminal
> protocol for sending and receiving files and emulation of a virtual
> terminal through a computer using another terminal.  

There are two definitions for "Kermit."  The first is as you say, a protocol
for file transfers.   The second refers to a Kermit program as one of
the many versions distributed by Columbia University.  Most all of the
Kermits distributed by Columbia that run on micros support some kind of
terminal emulation.  The IBM-PC version supports VT102 and a couple of
others.  This is what I think Michael Khaw is referring to.

There are many communications programs that implement the Kermit
protocol, but they are not the Kermit program.

-Bill Burton
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