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From: leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: VT100 Emulator
Message-ID: <46100170@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 26 Jun 88 05:19:00 GMT
References: <914@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM>
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!leonardr    Jun 26 00:19:00 1988


gregl@ozvax.GWD.TEK.COM(Greg Lacefield) writes in comp.sys.mac

>In article <914@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM> wang@Data-IO.COM (Frank Wang) 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.
>
>The problem is that, as a host-based editor, Emacs just *LOVES* to dump tons
>of cursor positioning commands down to a terminal.  Lil' ol' Mac can't quite
>hack it (actually the emulator can't) at 1200 baud, so the emulator is flagging
>off.  Probably fairly often, too.  Unfortunately, the standard XON/XOFF
>flagging protocol sends a CTRL-S for XOFF, which gets passed directly to the
>application, Emacs, invoking an incremental search.  (I'm assuming this is the
>command for your particular Emacs; it is for mine.  It doesn't really matter
>what the command is.)
>
	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 use MicroPhone II for my VT100 emulation and find it flawless. I use
it with vi and Emacs and have had NO problems at 2400 baud.  So you might want
to look into another emulator to solve your problems (and also to give you such
features as file transfers, scripting capabilities, etc.)

Disclaimer: I am employeed by Software Ventures and therefore have a vested 
interest in MicroPhone II.

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