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From: ssa@mrsvr.UUCP (Shahrooz S. Alavi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Communication Programs (Unix Terminal emulators)
Message-ID: <633@mrsvr.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 89 16:11:41 GMT
References: <6450@paris.ics.uci.edu>
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Organization: GE Medical, MR Center, Milwaukee
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From article <6450@paris.ics.uci.edu>, by jbrennan@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (James Brennan):
> I was wondering if any out there knows of a good terminal emulator, preferably
> public domain, for the Unix system.  I have an IBM compatible with a VGA
> display board.  I would like to use the cards ability to display more than 25
> lines on a screen but haven't found any such communication package.
> 
> Does anyone know of such a package, or even better have one.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim.

	First you have to find a comm program that can produce more that 24 or
	25 lines in a screen. If you have Windows, the included comm program or
	a public domain program called proteus can do that.

	If you want to be able to use the extra lines effectively (ie in vi 
	emacs, etc) you have to change the existing entry (or create a new one)
	in your /etc/termcap file to the new line number.

d0|vt100|vt100-am|dec vt100:\
        :cr=^M:do=^J:nl=^J:bl=^G:co#80:li#24:cl=50\E[;H\E[2J:\
	....

	in the example above you need to change li#24 to 50 or whatevere your 
	communication program can produce. You can create a new entry in your
	termcap file that is the same as above exept for li# and call it
	vt100-xtra or something like that and you have to set your TERM envir
	variable (sh) to that value when you log in.

	I hope this helps..

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