Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!ncc!alberta!calgary!ingoldsby
From: ingoldsby@calgary.UUCP (Terry Ingoldsby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
Subject: Re: CoCo smart terminal emulators
Message-ID: <1547@vaxb.calgary.UUCP>
Date: 20 Apr 88 05:28:00 GMT
References: <717@svax.cs.cornell.edu> <wWMbKPy00UgL80elQN@andrew.cmu.edu> <833@ndsuvax.UUCP>
Organization: U. of Calgary, Calgary, Ab.
Lines: 17
Keywords: terminal program, best (well maybe..)
Summary: My needs are simple



I don't require the fancy features of terminal emulation.  I'd settle for
less.  Eg. can anyone tell me how to send a DEL, ie. Ascii 7F from the
CoCo 3 keyboard (OS9 Level 2)?  I use kermit as my dumb terminal, and it
is sufficient for my needs, but when I work with VMS I need to be able to
send DELete.  Is it possible without rewriting the keyboard driver?

My second complaint is also with the keyboard driver.  Has anyone figured
out how to fix the shift key rollover problem?  Eg.  to send an upper case
character you usually press SHIFT, then the character.  If you happen to
release the shift key a little before the character key, then a second
lower case char is also sent.  This is a real nuisance, and none of the
previous CoCo OS9 keyboard drivers did this.  Does anyone know of a fix?

                                         Terry Ingoldsby
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