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From: hangetsu@cgdra.ucar.edu (Dan Baldwin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: VT52 vs. VT100, a partial listing
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Date: 10 Jan 88 23:26:59 GMT
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Reply-To: hangetsu@cgdra.ucar.edu (Dan Baldwin)
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  Regarding VT100 emulation. My telecom package (ACSII EXPRESS) does not
support VT100 emulation. I have a VT100 at work and use XEDIT editor on
an IBM mainframe and EMACS or TPU on a VAX. MY problem is that ASCII
EXPRESS supports an ADM3A emulation (along with others), and for talking
to work from home on a IIgs, ADM3A is fine for XEDIT, terrible for EMACS
 and unusable for TPU, (is fine for VI on a SUN workstation from home).
 I cannot edit on the VAX from home and I must travel up to work instead.
I have spoken to all our SYSOPS and they cannot believe that VT100 emulation
 is such a mystery for APPLE II computers, and I tend to agree. IBM PC and
MACS have easy VT100 emulation programs. 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 am frankly dissapointed about this
VT100 emulation issue. I love my GS and definitly would rather use it 
than a dumb terminal for working at home. Can anyone one provide some

really clear evaluations of the VT100 emulators offered for the APPLEII
machines ?

                       Thanks ,
                      DAN

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