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From: whitney@think.COM (David Whitney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: VT52 vs. VT100, a partial listing
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Date: 12 Jan 88 02:11:53 GMT
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In article <1080@hao.ucar.edu> hangetsu@cgdra.ucar.edu (Dan Baldwin) writes:
>
>  Regarding VT100 emulation. My telecom package (ACSII EXPRESS) does not
>support VT100 emulation.

That's because AE stinks.

>... Kermit 380 supposedly has one
>as well as a few others that have been spoken about, but they all seem
>to come with too many caveats (ie ,'does not install easy,' or ' I cant
>get it to work on my GS '). Why is APPLE II technology so far behind
>IBM and MAC in this regard ? Do developers think we are a differnt type
>of user (hobbiest vs serious )?

I certainly don't. VT-100 emulation for Z-Link goes into development tonight.
I hope to have it working in a few days. Z-Link works on a GS, a //c and
possibly on an enhanced //e (nobody has told me if it works on their machine.
Speak up you people! I need to know!)

As far as the latest and greatest version of Z-Link, when I post the next
update, it'll have VT-100, and terminal setting Load/Save with a default file
automatically loaded at startup (I've already done this, and it works fine.)
Stay tuned...

David Whitney, MIT '90                     Still learning about my Apple //GS
{the known universe}!ihnp4!think!whitney   and all of its secrets. Any and all
whitney@think.com                          technical info appreciated.
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