Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!anewcomb From: anewcomb@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Andy Newcomb) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: VT100 emulator Summary: some options Keywords: kermit, novaterm, batteries incl. Message-ID: <1990Nov6.083051.6310@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 6 Nov 90 08:30:51 GMT References: <35651@cup.portal.com> Sender: anewcomb@watsun.cc.columbia.edu Organization: Columbia University Lines: 36 VT100 emulation on a c64, I spent more time and money than I expected to attaining. A terminal package included with the 1670 modem does does VT52 emulation, with an ugly typeface. Novaterm, a shareware prog that can be downloaded from I think oswego is much better, includes a buffer, some autodialing and downloading, and lets you jiggle the bit durations, in fact has a sh--load of features. I only tried it once, don't know if that stuff helps but suspect it does; by the time I came across it my VT100 needs had been solved by Kermit v2.2 and the BI-80 card. The BI-80 card is great, plugs into the slot by the power light and gives crisp black-background 80 columns but, they haven;t made them for like seven years. Mine cost me $20 used, four months to find one, don;t know if that;s a high or low price. The thing is, before I got the BI-80 card, I always got a lot of beeps and garbled words on the monitor. It was really frustrating--my plan was to do homework at home for a change but my pascal programs seemed to come up in (heheheh) the original French. It always happened, but it;s never happened since I got this card. But I wonder if the bit duration control in the Novaterm prog would fix the problem by software. Kermit 2.2 is the only terminal program I know of that goes after VT100 emulation, as distinct from VT52. I don;t know what the difference is. It doesn;t work with the the 1660 modem, does work with the 1670 and other (?) Hayes-compatible commodore modems. /andy newcomb (anewcomb@watsun.cc.columbia.edu) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Andy Newcomb 4-6748 .......... 4-3703 Room C200, Computer Center ....... Room 701 Watson beginning 6/18/90 ---------------------------------------------------------------------