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From: krowitz%richter@UMIX.CC.UMICH.EDU (David Krowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: tektronix 4010/4014
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Date: 24 Apr 89 15:05:04 GMT
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I would not recommend Apollo's DTEK Tektronix 4014
emulator package. Our experience with it has been poor.
Among other things, it is limited to reading disk files
containing Tek 4014 commands or to dialing out on
an SIO line (an RS232 port). The copy of DTEK that we
got would *not* turn your window into a virtual terminal
like the VT100 emulator does at let you then run programs
meant for a Tektronix terminal. You must run your programs
and pipe their output into a disk file after which you
can use DTEK to examine the result. There was no way to
run DTEK as an interactive terminal emulator. When I called
the software support office, they said that they had no plans
to update the package. Unles they have changed their minds
since then, I would recommend *against* buying DTEK.


 -- David Krowitz

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