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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Re: apple][+ terminal setting
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Date: Sat, 14-Sep-85 07:31:06 EDT
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I wish people would READ this newsgroup and not just post
requests to it.  The issue of Apple termcaps has come up
repeatedly.  The answer is, IF you are just using the
built-in ROM firmware to display characters, then you are
going to have a hard time using the Apple as a terminal
with "vi" and other termcap/terminfo-using programs.  This
is primarily because of the lack of a real carriage-return.
80-column Apples have problems keeping up with higher baud
rates (they lose incoming data while scrolling).  The new
Enhanced //e and //c ROMs are better about this.

The ONLY satisfactory way to use an Apple II as a terminal
is to run a terminal emulation program on it.  Many of the
communication software disks that come with plug-in modems,
as well as communication software that can be purchased
separately, act as terminal emulators.  Usually they
emulate a simple, well-known terminal such as an ADM3A or
VT52.  The instructions that come with the software should
tell you what terminal is being emulated.  Set your UNIX
TERM environment variable to whatever is being emulated.
If you stole your software and therefore have no
instructions, tough -- don't expect sympathy or advice.

I have posted an 80-column Apple //e termcap entry several
times and will not repeat it at this time.  It is for the
RAW Apple (built-in ROM display firmware) only, and as I
said this mode makes an unsatisfactory display terminal.