Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!necntc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!jade!violet.berkeley.edu!edmoy From: edmoy@violet.berkeley.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: mac II communications Message-ID: <6242@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 10 Dec 87 19:35:59 GMT References: <164500072@uiucdcsb> <11540079@hpsmtc1.HP.COM> Sender: usenet@jade.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: edmoy@violet.berkeley.edu () Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 36 >Has anyone found a communications program with vt100 emulation for >the mac II which will: 1) use the entire screen, and 2) use a larger font >than Red Ryder 9.4? Thanks. > > >Eisuke Muroga >University of Illinois VersaTerm Pro version 2.0 allows you to select point size 9 and 12 for the font. The window then covers over about a third of my 19" monitor at the default 80x24 window size. The documentation says that you can then enlarge the window to get more lines and columns, but I haven't tried it. As a bonus, you can configure the various text attribute types (i.e., reverse, underline, etc) to be in a different color if you have a color monitor (though it is limited to the original 8 Mac colors). And you get Tek 4015 and 4105 emulation (also in color) plus a DG 200 terminal emulation. There are some problems with VersaTerm Pro though, like you setting the default transfer directory for Mac Xmodem transfer. It is normal set to the folder VersaTerm Pro is in, and you can change it, but only to the top level on of a volume (this is dumb and probably a MFS carryover). Also, even though you can scroll backwards to look at past text, the color information is not retained. All in all, it is a pretty good product, though a bit high in cost. (Usual disclaimer about them and me.) Edward Moy Academic Computing Services University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 edmoy@violet.Berkeley.EDU ucbvax!violet!edmoy