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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sources.wanted,misc.wanted
Subject: Re: IBM PC Terminal emulator / Graphics interface
Keywords: IBM PC terminal emulator graphics
Message-ID: <2976@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: 4 Aug 88 22:12:55 GMT
References: <206@pte.UUCP> <3523@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
Organization: Mr. Video's Hangout
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In article <3523@bsu-cs.UUCP> cfchiesa@bsu-cs.UUCP (Christopher Chiesa) writes:
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<I suggest you look into the public-domain Kermit program(s) out of Columbia
<University (and widely available just about everywhere else).  The current (?)
<version appears to be v2.30, and performs VT102 (NOT VT100; my major com-
<plaint) and TEK 4010 emulation.  If you can create a VT102 termcap you should
<be all set; personally I find that using the "standard" VT100 termcap with
<v2.30 is a royal pain, and I prefer slightly EARLIER (v2.28 or before) versions
<as they do the *best* VT100 emulation I've seen.  They DON'T do graphics, how-
<ever.  

The VT102 termcap is nothing but a VT100 termcap with two new cursor motion
commands (for speed) added.  So, if it supports VT102, it supports VT100.
By termcap, I also mean emulation.  The reverse is true, ie, if you have a
terminal emulator that supports only VT100 and it gets one of the two VT102
cursor commands, you will have problems.

On my vax (4.3BSD) I was using the VT102 emulator as VT100 termcap, until
I fixed up the VT102 termcap entry, which was the VT100 with the two added
cursor commands.
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