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From: rlb@xanth.cs.odu.edu (Robert Lee Bailey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: Obsolete (?) software.
Keywords: xerox,vt100
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Date: 18 Oct 88 03:56:23 GMT
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In article <140@ur-cc.UUCP> vass@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Vassilis Zarifis) writes:
>
>I'm wondering if people still use an microcomputer put out by Xerox
>with the following "features":
>
>Xerox 820-II , CP/M v2.2 , 8in SS-SD drives , etc.
>
>If yes, then join the club ! I am a happy (occasional) user too :-)...
>My main request is :
>
>Is there a communications software package that emulates a vt100 and possibly
>supports Kermit ? 

I run a Xerox 820-I and my brother-in-law runs a Xerox 16/8 which is
a souped-up Xerox 820-II with an 8088 co-processor to let it run
MS-DOS.  So to answer your first question, YES, the Xerox 820 is still
very much alive and in regular use.

I don't know of any comm package that supports vt100 on the 820-II. 
The main reason is that the video chip does not support many of the
features available on a vt100.  Even if you could find a comm package
that supports vt100, it would have to be an incomplete emulation due
to the hardware restrictions.

Kermit is available for the Xerox 820.  I don't use it so I don't
have it myself.  You can use any comm package that supports either
the 820-I, 820-II, or 16/8.  All three use the same serial chip
(Z-80 SIO-0).  The video features are slightly different on each
machine though.  Kermit should be available from Simtel20 on
Arpanet.  They have a very extensive public domain library of CP/M
software.  Software can be downloaded from Simtel20 via FTP.