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From: edmoy@ucbopal.CC.Berkeley.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Termcap file for MacTerminal's  VT100
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Date: Sun, 30-Jun-85 17:45:56 EDT
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In article <921@sdcsla.UUCP> norman@sdcsla.UUCP (Donald A. Norman) writes:
>MacTerminal seems to require the vt100 termcap setting when being used on a
>UNIX vax (4.2BSD).  Our termcap file for the VT100 has neither line insert
>nor line delete.  Presumably MacTerminal's software is
>capable of such operations.   Is there a termcap file around for
>MacTerminal that supports these (or other features)?
>
>Without it, it makes editing on a UNIX system under vi more painful than
>necessary.
>
> Donald A. Norman
> Institute for Cognitive Science C-015
> University of California, San Diego
> La Jolla, California 92093
> UNIX: {ucbvax,decvax}!sdcsvax!sdcsla!norman
> ARPA: norman@nprdc	CSNET: norman%nprdc.arpa@csnet-relay

In my own experience with MacTerminal termcap entries, I have yet to find one
that works at 9600 baud, which is what I use at work.  Many do work at 1200
baud, but the standard VT-100 termcap works at all baud rates.  For
simplicity, I just use the VT-100 one.

Edward Moy
Academic Computing Services
University of California
Berkeley, CA  94720

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