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From: sqrkl@csvax.liv.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Defence against a VT100 Maculator slur...
Message-ID: <3601@csvax.liv.ac.uk>
Date: 30 Jun 88 10:00:47 GMT
References: <914@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM> <46100170@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>
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Organisation: Computer Science CSVAX (VAX1), Liverpool University

In article <46100170@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>, leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:

>I am new to this mac world.  I downloaded the VT100 emulator posted
>on this net a while ago and I tried it at home.  It seemed no problem
>until I ran emacs.  My screen was completely garbaged after I started
>the emacs.

I assume you are talking about my terminal emulator ("VT100 Maculator") -
you don't mention any names though...! I must confess to have never used
emacs (although I have played with a variant called 'Jove' which was pretty
awful). It all depends on what escape sequences emacs sends - try switching
the Control Chars option to 'Visible' (at least that's what I think I called
it) and noting down the sequences sent when you enter emacs. You could always
e-mail me a list of them and I will investigate...

> 	Sounds to me that the problem is not so much with the Mac itself, but with
> the terminal emulator in questions.  Since the Mac can handle input at 19.2Kb
> and above without any problem (I use the Telebit Trailblazer very frequently),
> it sounds like the emulator that you are using can not handle the character
> influx.

I strenuously deny this ! My emulator works fine at 9600 baud with XON/XOFF
active. It will support up to 57600 baud and has done so when talking to my
Amiga...

>  I use MicroPhone II for my VT100 emulation and find it flawless.

I've heard this one before ! Pull the other one - it's got bells on ! Everyone
says how wonderful [fill in your favourite VT100 emulator here] is, but
whenever I get to see and use them, they have some nifty gizmo features (28
varieties of uploading/downloading, fancy Tek graphics, macro facilities etc.),
but the emulation is ALWAYS (without exception) lousy...

> it with vi and Emacs and have had NO problems at 2400 baud.

Treble ugh ! vi, Emacs and 2400 baud - what a disgusting trio that makes...

A note to VT100 Maculator fans :
Version 1.32 is in the works and will (hopefully) be released as a freebie
soon. This version will fix all known bugs (although the 'delete-6-spaces-
before-the-cursor-on-a-Mac-II' bug still has me perplexed !) and will have
Newline mode added for UN*X masochists.

Sorry for the delay, but all my efforts going into the Acorn Archimedes version
at the moment - it's looking rather sensational if I say so myself...in fact,
it's looking so amazing (here's modesty for you), that I may well go commercial
with the Archimedes version (beats the socks off that ArcTerm rubbish).

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