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From: little@dcn5.ARPA
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Subject: Virtual Terminal Protocol
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Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 15:33:35 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 18 15:33:35 1984
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To: header-people@mit-mc.arpa, msggroup@brl, tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa


 
I am attempting to create a virtual terminal protocol (VTP) with emphasis
on solving problems created by forms mode type terminals (eg-3270).  I
currently view the problem with the following breakdown -

		Graphical (Character) Representation
			code for information exchange (agreement)

		Control Domain and Exercising
			modal operation
			transfer requests
			function keys
			out-of-band signals

		Display 
			cursor addressing
			end-of-line/screen condition
			presentation attributes

Does anyone have any interesting thoughts or know of problems they are having
in this area?? (or are header/TCPIP/msg people the right people for this sort
of thing?)

Specifically - what problems do you have with TELNET??

Are there deficiencies you would like to overcome with TELNET or RFC 731?

Also, does anyone have access to the new VTP spec put out recently by the
Terminal Repertoire Committee of ANSI (chaired by Henry Lowe -DEC)?

						Mike Little - LINKABIT@DCN5
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