Archived miscellaneous commentary on commercial Terminal-Emulator Products (No recommendation implied.) The programs may communicate via Telnet, SSH, or direct serial cabling; some support SSL and possibly Kerberos. [Newer articles appear near the *bottom* of this page, including comments on PuTTY.] .............................................................................. This page is a small part of the Video Terminal information archive, of which the main entry point is http://www.cs.utk.edu/~shuford/terminal_index.html See also vendor links on this page on "PC Emulation" of terminals. http://www.cs.utk.edu/~shuford/terminal/pc_emulation.html ...Richard S. Shuford ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.terminals Path: cs.utk.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!seralph9!dmu!chl NNTP-Posting-Host: helios.dmu.ac.uk Organization: De Montfort University, Leicester, UK X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Message-ID: <3jk6sl$e0p@macondo.dmu.ac.uk> References: <3ih94s$fem@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> Date: 8 Mar 1995 12:11:01 GMT From: chl@dmu.ac.uk (Conrad Longmore) Subject: Re: vt100 emulator John Ricker (jricker@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : i'm looking for a vt100 emulator that will run under windows or dos that : will respond to software comands to switch between 132 and 80 col modes : and swap font pitch in the process. i'm having trouble finding anything : that is legible in the small pitch. thanks for the help... jcr The best DOS VT emulator is ZSTEM 220 by Attachmate (formerly KEA Systems). It's not cheap, but I haven't found any DOS-based terminal emulator that *tries* so hard as ZSTEM. It can do 132 columns on an VGA or Hercules display, and even manages 128 columns on CGA. Useful if you want to press some old PCs into service as terminals. Incidentally, KEA! 420 for Windows is a pretty good (but pricey) product, also by Attachmate. -- / Conrad Longmore / De Montfort University, / Tel: (01234) 351671 x273 / / IT Services / Bedford, United Kingdom / Fax: (01234) 351966 x377 / /-----------------/--------------------------/ Fax: (01234) 217738 / / chl@dmu.ac.uk / "So it goes." / Mobile: (0374) 747631 / ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ZStem 240 for MS-DOS/MS-Windows emulates DEC VT240, VT340 graphics/text terminals Attachmate Corporation 3617 131st Ave SE Bellevue, WA 98006 voice: +1 206/644-4010 WATS: 800/426-6283 URL: http://www.atm.com/ or http://www.attachmate.com/ Attachmate Canada Inc. Suite 400 4260 Still Creek Burnaby, British Columbia V5C 6C6 Canada This company was previously known as "KEA Systems Ltd." \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Various products and vendors: Reflection Several platforms; lots of heavy-duty options; supports LAT, TCP/IP Telnet, NS/VT, Ethernet, Token Ring, Berkeley sockets, NetBIOS; option for X Window server. Walker, Richer & Quinn 1500 Dexter Ave. North Seattle, WA 98109 USA WATS Voice: 800-92NETWORK POTS Voice: +1 206/217-7100 POTS Fax: +1 206/217-0293 Walker, Richer & Quinn Buitenhof 47 2513 AH Den Haag Netherlands Europe Voice: +31 70/375-11-00 Europe Fax: +31 70/356-12-44 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Rumba for MS Windows Emulates VT320; also does ReGIS, Sixel, and Tektronix 4014 graphics. Wall Data Inc. 11332 NE 122nd Way Kirkland, WA 98034-6931 USA WATS Voice: 800-48-RUMBA POTS Voice: +1 206/814-9255 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ EM340 for Windows Emulates VT320, VT340; does ReGIS graphics; Pathworks and Winsock support. Diversified Computer Systems, Inc. Suite 1-BB 3775 Iris Ave. Boulder, CO 80301 USA POTS Voice: +1 303/447-9251 POTS Fax: +1 303/447-1406 (DCS is also a dealer for Hummingbird eXceed X server.) \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ SmarTerm 340 product for MS-DOS, MS-Windows Persoft, Inc. 465 Science Drive Madison, WI 53711-1058 voice: +1 608-273-6000 fax: +1 608-273-8227 email: [Update: 4 March A.D. 2005: Persoft was acquired by Esker Software: http://www.esker.com/host_access_solutions/ http://www.esker.com/data/press_releases/news/PR_ST_12_Announce_US_Electr_030811.pdf However, Esker is still offering SmarTerm 12 for sale. ...RSS] \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ FutureSoft Engineering, Inc. PRODUCTS: DynaComm, a family of high-end terminal emulation software products providing multi-platform communications solutions including powerful scripting language, LAN connectivity, and terminal-emulation capabilities. (claimed emulations: DEC, Unix, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Data General; claimed protocol support: TCP/IP, IPX, others) Terminal Plus, an easy-to-use Windows communications software product offering a wide range of binary transfer protocols, terminal emulation and pre-configured settings for more than 80 modems. Terminal Plus/Eclipse Fax, a complete communications and fax software solution for Microsoft Windows 3.1. Terminal Plus/Eclipse Fax enables users to send faxes from within any Windows application and view, modify or store incoming faxes without printing. (The company hints that 'great new' products for Windows 95 are in the works.) FutureSoft Engineering, Inc. Suite T-600 12012 Wickchester Lane Houston, Texas 77079-1222 USA POTS voice: +1 713/496-9400 WATS voice: 1-800/989-8908 (U.S. sales office) POTS fax: +1 713/496-1090 POTS BBS: +1 713/588-6870 Internet: CompuServe: 76702,755 FutureSoft Engineering, Ltd. European Office Nijverheidsstraat T-12 2288 BB Rijswijk The Netherlands voice: + 31 70.390.7727 fax: + 31 70.390.7005 World Wide Web Uniform Resource Locator: http://www.fse.com/ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Apple's Macintosh Mac OS X contains the built-in "Terminal" or "Terminal.app" program. In early 2005, users tested how faithfully this program emulates certain widely used terminal types. .............................................................................. Newsgroups: comp.terminals References: <7WgVd.199$Ql3.139@news.itd.umich.edu> <112bemrmfm8lo4e@corp.supernews.com> <38oopqF5nb2lnU1@individual.net> <112ebs78j706267@corp.supernews.com> <38os85F5otad0U1@individual.net> <112egbve18f2kc3@corp.supernews.com> <38vko2F5q1u38U1@individual.net> Message-ID: <112lsa1dh9hk5fe@corp.supernews.com> Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 12:02:09 -0000 From: Thomas Dickey Subject: Re: vttest against OS X Terminal.app [Re: Favorite VT440 for OS X, Linux, or legacy systems?] Hugo Villeneuve wrote: > > I don't know if you can make anything of these screen capture from > running vttest on Terminal.app: > http://eintr.net/temporaire/Terminal.app-vttest-output.tgz Thanks - that does tell me some useful things about Terminal. > Terminal.app claims it can emulate: > > ansi > rxvt > vt52 > vt100 > vt102 > xterm > xterm-color Actually, if it emulated xterm, it would do the wrapping correctly. I don't have rxvt at hand, and don't recall whether it did that correctly (gnome-terminal and konsole don't). I can see that it passes the vttest screens for vt52 (unlike rxvt), and implements keyboard repeat (which xterm used to do - but doesn't since the method for doing that in X affects all clients). Apparently it does blink. > and will set accordingly TERM to it. > I also run it in iso-8859-1 mode (I mostly connect to non-unicode > machine), without Japanese/other wide charaters on 2 column mode. I > tested these in vt100 mode. > naming convention of the files follow the menu. When multiple pages are > shown inside a single menu item, they are named sequencialy. suffix "a" > "b" means working blinking mode. > I didn't perform most of the keyboard test under menu item 5. > Terminal.app doesn't try to simulate a vt100 keyboard. It does its best > to translate a regular OS X keyboard layout into its emulation. (Beside, > I run OS X with French-Canadian layout.) > I ran the menu 9 "known bug" but did not print them. No error screen was > in error. Most emulators seem to do a reasonable job there (with the exception of the 80/132 column tests which are only apparent when the emulator supports double-size fonts). > I did not run any of the non-vt100 test. Neither the non-vt100 tests. It probably implements the ECH feature which I have under the vt220 menu. Some places it's documented as vt102, and others as vt220. > There are a few notable errors like: > - no missing E in inside square on test of menu 1. > - wrap errors in test of menu 1. > - more > (I should note that sometime, it was hard to see from the text if a > screen was wrong or right.) yes - that's a deficiency of vttest. Putting the information on the screen is hard in some cases (so detecting problems does require too much knowledge about what the test is doing). > beside that, one should note the full support of double-width, > double-height, blinking chararter support. yes (nice fonts) > If you need more details about test that I missed, just ask. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net/ ftp://invisible-island.net/ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// PacerTerm for Macintosh Emulates DEC VT420, VT102, PC_ANSI; does FTP, Kermit, Xmodem, Zmodem; contains Mac Toolbox support. Version 3.0 costs $249 (US). In March 1995, Pacer Software was acquired by AGE Logic Inc. 12651 High Bluft Drive San Diego, CA 92130 POTS voice: +1 619/755-1000 POTS fax: +1 619/755-3998 WATS voice: 800/742-5243 e-mail: Web: http://www.age.com/ East Coast Office (PacerTerm Development) AGE Logic, Inc. Suite 280-T 1900 West Park Dr. Westborough, MA 01581 POTS Voice: +1 508/898-3300 POTS Fax: +1 508/366-1356 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Versaterm for Macintosh vendor claimed emulations: DEC VT100, VT220, VT52, VT102 Data General D210, D211, D400 Tektronix 4014 Synergy Software 2457 Perkiomen Ave. Reading, PA 19606 voice: +1 610/779-0522 fax: +1 610/370-0548 WATS: 1-800-876-8376 email: Web: http://www.synergy.com The VersaTerm-Pro product also emulates the Tektronix 4105 graphics display. \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Macintosh Terminal Emulation (optimized for Pick) Carnation Software Inc. PO Box 608-CT Carnation, WA 98014 USA POTS Voice: +1 206/333-4288 POTS Fax: +1 206/333-4902 Internet: richlove@netcom.com CompuServe: 76515,350 Carnation Software, Inc. specializes in Macintosh communications software. The current product line includes MacToPic, MacToPic-Plus and SBMac. These products enable Macintosh computers to be used as terminals connected to host computers, particularly those running Pick or similar database systems. Four popular terminal emulators are included: Viewpoint, Wyse 50, Prism, and DEC VT101. In addition, SBMac also uses memory mapped refreshing for fast screen updates with SB+. All three programs allow two-way data transfers, and are also compatible with systems running UNIX and Vmark's uniVerse. MacToPic-Plus and SBMac support CommToolBox tools, QuickTime movies, and other additional features. Compatible with TCP/IP, Ethernet, Appletalk, etc., MacToPic-Plus now supports multiple sessions. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: MacToPic MacToPic, a terminal emulation and data transfer program, allows a Macintosh to be used as a terminal (connected to a host computer directly or via modem) emulating ADDS Viewpoint, Wyse 50, VT101 or Prism. The emulators support video attributes such as dim, reverse, underline, 132-column codes, and graphic characters sent from the host computer, as well as enhanced Viewpoint mode. Data transferred from the host computer can be used in Mac spreadsheets, databases, word processors, page layout and other programs. Other features include phone list and dialer for Hayes-compatible modems, on-screen programmable function keys, Mac-to-host as well as host-to-Mac data transfer capability, 32-bit clean, Apple events support, and more. The data transfer capabilities are designed to work with relational databases on hosts running Pick, Unix, Prime, Ultimate, uniVerse, etc. MacToPic has been extensively tested with the following host computers: IBM RT, IBM RS6000, Sun, IBM 386/486, Compaq 286/386, Ultimate, McDonnell Douglas, Altos, ADDS Mentor, C. Itoh, Wyse 386, Everex, GA, DEC, Prime, Encore, Sanyo/Icon, Sequoia, Fujitsu, HP, ADP, Data General, and the fault-tolerant Stratus. MacToPic retails for $195 (US). Site Licenses are available. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The World Wide Web home page for Carnation Software may be located thus: http://www.webcom.com/~carn/carnation/HT.Carn.Home.html As of March A.D. 1995, a demo version of MacToPic-Plus is available as: ftp://ftp.webcom.com/pub/carn/ftp/MacToPic_Plus_Demo.sit.hqx This demo of MacToPic-Plus is fully functional except that it only runs for 10 minutes at a time and has some data-transfer limitations. It is a 450K-byte file. --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- dataComet 4.41 is a $30 shareware AppleScriptable Macintosh Telnet VT220 and TN3270 emulation package application featuring multiple sessions, flexible and easy-to-use key remapping, edit windows, macro recording, and web-browser support (using the dataComet-NCSA and dataComet-Brown helper applications). Emulations supported include: * 16-color PC-ANSI * DEC VT52 (or Heath-19) * DEC VT100, VT102, and VT220 * IBM Models 3278-2, -3, -4, and -5 databeast, Inc. 1668 Trumansburg Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850-9213 voice: +1 607/277-5808 (preferably 10-4 pm US Eastern time) e-mail: \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Emulating Tektronix Remote-Graphics Terminals Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: tek40xx emulators Date: 16 Mar 1995 00:29:55 -0500 Message-ID: <3k8icj$2cm@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <3k7ent$hna@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> Reply-To: ronzayas@aol.com (RonZAYAS) FTG Data Systems has an emulator for Windows that is called "EMU-TEK for Windows". Normally it runs $495, but if you are a university student, there is a limited version for $99. The limited version does all that the full version does, but it can only hook up over a modem or serial port, not through a network. If you're interested, please email me or call 1-800-962-3900 and ask for the University Edition of EMU-TEK. It has a 30-day money-back guarantee if you don't like it for any reason. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. There exists a commercial program called TGRAF-07 that emulates a Tektronix 4107. [As of February 1995, White Pine Software is still selling the TGraf-05 and TGraf-07 products for MS-DOS. Prices: TGraf-05 $295.00 (US) TGraf-07 $395.00 (US) There are also MS-Windows and X-Windows versions. [OLD] For more information, contact: [SEE UPDATE BELOW] Nancy McDevitt Sr. Account Manager White Pine Software Corporate Headquarters 40 Simon Street, Suite 201 Nashua, NH 03060-3043 USA WATS voice: 1 800/241-7463 POTS voice: +1 603/886-9050 POTS fax: +1 603/886-9051 E-mail: [OLD] World Wide Web: http://www.wpine.com/ International Office White Pine Software 1485 Saratoga Ave. San Jose, CA 95129-4934 USA POTS voice: +1 408/446-1919 POTS fax: +1 408/446-0666 White Pine also sells the "eXodus" X Window servers for MS-Windows, and if you buy the full eXodus product, you also receive the "PC320" VT320 emulator in the package. (The serial eXodus comes with PC220.) White Pine has acquired "About Software"; see below. ----- [A.D. 2001 UPDATE]: To concentrate on its popular CU-SeeMe technology, White Pine software has spun off the X-Windows and terminal-emulator business. The new entity supporting eXodus, 5pmterm, WebTerm X, TunnelMate, and related products is Powerlan-USA Suite 12 39 Simon St. Nashua, NH 03060 USA Voice: +1 603/880-9118 WATS: 1-800/541-7409 Fax: +1 603/882-8884 Email: info@powerlan-usa.com Web: http://www.powerlan-usa.com/ UPDATE: January A.D. 2003 Powerlan-USA classifies TGrafX and TGraf/Windows as "retired" products; *still* available for sale, but with no guarantees of support or updates. http://support.powerlan-usa.com/retired.htm ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Emulation of Hewlett-Packard Terminals (for Macintosh/MacOS and Microsoft Windows) "About Software Corporation" "5PM Term for HP" emulates HP 700/94, HP 700/92, HP 700/96, HP 700/98, HP 2394A, HP 2392A and DEC VT102 terminals. The product is adept at connecting to HP 1000, HP 3000 and HP 9000 machines. The emulation supports HP printer pass-through; block mode; screen-page caching; definable user function keys as well as the 'Watch Me' macro scripting, attribute and color mapping, HotSpots, HotKeys, multiple sessions, scroll-back, cut-and-paste, auto logon and logoff macro features offered in the other 5PM environments. Connections can be made via TCP/IP; direct serial connection; and modem links. File transfers to and from the host can occur using FTP, Zmodem, Ymodem, Xmodem or Kermit. [UPDATE: SEE POWERLAN-USA] About Software Corporation USA Suite 105 10601 South De Anza Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014 e-mail: anonymous FTP: ftp.ascus.com POTS voice: + 1 408/725 4242 POTS fax: + 1 408/725 4243 WATS voice: 1-800/55-SOFTWARE About Software Corporation 9551, route de St Laurent du Var F-06610 La Gaude FRANCE e-mail: POTS voice: +33 93 24 76 00 POTS fax: +33 93 24 76 06 ASC also sells emulation products for IBM 5250 on MacOS and Windows. [UPDATE: November 1995 -- About Software Corporation is merging with White Pine Software.] [UPDATE: 2001 -- Spun off to PowerLAN-USA.] \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Date: Fri, 4 Nov 1994 15:23:51 +1000 Message-Id: <199411040523.AA09477@saturn.mincom.oz.au> X-Sender: dford@saturn.mincom.oz.au To: (long list of addresses, omitted) From: dford@tenmail.mincom.oz.au (David Ford) Subject: Request for Beta Testers DOMINION SYSTEMS Level 3, 41 McLaren Street, NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2060 AUSTRALIA Tel: 61 2 967 1280 Fax: 61 2 957 4757 ACN: 056 879 880 Dear Sir/Madam Dominion Systems Pty Ltd (Aust) is at present undertaking a beta test program for its terminal emulator product "Talking Windows". Our emulator has the following features: Terminal emulation for the following terminal types VT100,220,240,320,340,420 ANSI,SCO ANSI,AT386 Wyse 60 IBM 3278 Models 2,3,4,5 IBM 3279 Printer LU type 1 Data General 410 Communications transports as follows: Netware for SAA Netware for LAT Novell Virtual Terminal (NVT) Winsock and most other TCPIP stacks Various modem-sharing protocols (Netware connect, NCSIM, etc) GUI Interface for certain mainframe applications available. Talking Windows Quality Assurance David Ford - Dominion Systems Phone 61 02 9671260 Extension x1281 Fax 61 02 9574757 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Path: cs.utk.edu!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!emory!atglab.bls.com!gatech !howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!world!blanket.mitre.org !linus.mitre.org!news.mitre.org!mwunix!jcmorris From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.terminals Subject: Re: Telnet VT340? Date: 14 Apr 1995 18:15:10 GMT Organization: The MITRE Corporation Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3mme3e$jas@reuters2.mitre.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: mwunix.mitre.org Xref: cs.utk.edu comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:12156 comp.terminals:3950 mmoritz@netcom.com (Mike Moritz) wrote: > > Anyone know of an MS-Windows VT340 terminal emulation package that uses > telnet? Preferably one that is Winsock compliant? > We're using one now from Polygon but it utilizes LAT. The Wollongong PathWay Access for DOS product (which despite its name provides both MS-DOS and MS-Windows clients) includes a native Windows TELNET app that supports VT340 emulation. Other than PING, the PathWay windows apps are WINSOCK compliant. I've run them using Wollongong's own stack (both TSR and native Windows VxD), as well as the WINSOCK interface provided in Windows/95 and WINNT. The installer puts the file on the user's disk under the name PWVT340.EXE rather than TELNET.EXE, which causes all sorts of puzzled calls from users trying to find the TELNET command. I've got no opinion on how well it supports unique VT-340 features since we don't have any application that uses them. Joe Morris / MITRE \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Path: cs.utk.edu!gatech!psuvax1!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu !netnews.nwnet.net!wrq.com!bryant Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.terminals Organization: WRQ Inc., Seattle, WA Message-ID: <3n6tpe$fol@elmer.wrq.com> References: <3mm4vj$1suj@emngw1.emn.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.215.17.1 From: bryant@wrq.com (Mike Bryant) Date: 21 Apr 1995 00:21:02 GMT Subject: Re: Telnet VT340? In article <3mm4vj$1suj@emngw1.emn.com>, Eric Olsen wrote: > >I use Reflection 4 for Windows, from Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc. > >It's big, slow to load, but highly versitile. Supports Regis graphics >(but oddly, not Tektronix, unlike its DOS counterpart.) Version 4.2 of Reflection 4 for Windows supports Tektronix 401x emulation. http://www.wrq.com/ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Bryant Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc. bryant@wrq.com 1500 Dexter Avenue North FAX 206-217-0592 Seattle, WA 98109 USA \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Newsgroups: comp.terminals Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 09:17:47 -0700 From: Joe Silagi Subject: Re: Scriptable 3270 emulator WRQ's Reflection for IBM emulator includes Reflection Basic, a powerful scripting language syntax compatible with Visual Basic. Reflection Basic supports both DDE and OLE, includes a script recorder and integrated editor/debug environment. For more information, check out the product specifications: http://www.wrq.com/products/dsheets/ridata.htm \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Newsgroups: comp.databases.pick Path: cs.utk.edu!stc06.ctd.ornl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu !cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!pipex!news.sprintlink.net!news.primenet.com!usenet Message-ID: <3oj4uk$a54@news.primenet.com> References: <3oii76$qb7@fitzherbert.pavilion.co.uk> Date: Sun, 07 May 1995 19:21:50 GMT From: modsoft@primenet.com (Doug Dumitru) Subject: Re: New IPX terminal to replace Piclan wanted >We need a terminal emulator that will work with the Pick IPX engine and >replace Piclan. It must be Windows-based with a decent font, and good colours. The PicLan emulator, actually emulators, are intended to provide basic functionality. They were never intended as replacements for the many effective emulation products marketed to Pick users. If the supplied PicLan emulators do not fill your needs, you can: o Choose one of the many third-party emulators. o Write your own emulator using the PicLan DOS/Windows SDK. Third-party emulators include products like Via Duct (DOS and Windows), TERMiTE (DOS and Windows), AccuTerm (DOS and Windows), WinLink, Wintegrate, Termulator, and many others. There are even a number of individual Pick dealers that have in-house emulators that run over PicLan connections. All of these products are written with the help of the PicLan DOS/Windows SDK which provides connection-level services to terminal emulation style programs. The PicLan emulators also use this same SDK. In addition, if you have an in-house emulator, you can add PicLan support to it very easily. Simply download the PicLan DOS/Windows SDK. Most programmers report that the integration takes less than a day. The SDK is available from ftp.picksys.com /pub/modsoft or from our dial-up BBS at (714) 841-2834. Doug Dumitru Modular Software Corporation ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Date: 27 Nov 2002 17:39:11 -0500 Organization: Columbia University Message-ID: References: <8EA11405E59BD611BA7100104B93C26091E505@exdel01.del.mgsl.com> <4mgOmobfJo7e@rabbit> From: Frank da Cruz Subject: Re: totally OT: terminal emulators In article <4mgOmobfJo7e@rabbit>, Bradford J. Hamilton wrote: : Our customers use RUMBA - RUMBA failed, in many cases, to find the : "surviving" node, even upond repeated connects/disconnects. Kermit and : Reflection had *no* issue connecting to the "live" machine; apprently, the : software is smart enough to do a subsequent DNS lookup if the "first" : attempt fails. Right, Kermit is able to handle host pools (multiple IP addresses for the same; if the first one fails, try the next, and so on). Not just Kermit 95, but also C-Kermit on VMS and Unix. This is no accident, since Kermit is designed for production use in a large university where such things as host clusters are common, not to mention DNS SRV records (so Kermit can find your site's Kerberos server without having it hardwired it into on-disk configuration files), etc. We not only write it, we use it :-) http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ - Frank ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Date: 27 Nov 2002 08:09:20 GMT Organization: Fidelity Investments Message-ID: <4mgOmobfJo7e@rabbit> References: <8EA11405E59BD611BA7100104B93C26091E505@exdel01.del.mgsl.com> From: Bradford J. Hamilton Subject: Re: totally OT: terminal emulators In article <8EA11405E59BD611BA7100104B93C26091E505@exdel01.del.mgsl.com>, Kesav Tadimeti writes: > Hi all, > We got a CD of pathworks along with other VMS-related CDs when we bought a > DS-10. The Pathworks CD contains PowerTerm which is a terminal emulator. I > would like to know about its licensing details. Is it an evaluation copy, or > does come with a single-use license or unlimited-user license. > > Any help will be appreciated. I am not very happy with our Reflection > emulator - eats up a lot of CPU time on Windows. Hi, I actually use this product--it is free (no licensing needed). That said, I find it harder to set up and use than either Reflection or Kermit. I also find that it is not as "configurable" as either of those two products. I also recently found an issue that Kermit or Reflection had no issue with, but one that caused PowerTerm some grief. We have a two-node cluster, with a round-robin cluster alias externally defined to our cluster (we are not running BIND on our machines, and are therefore dependent on our networking group to provide DNS for us). We were testing the cluster alias by disabling inbound TELNET on one of the cluster nodes, and then asking our customers to TELNET to the cluster alias, to see if any connectivity issues existed. Our customers use RUMBA; RUMBA failed, in many cases, to find the "surviving" node, even upond repeated connects/disconnects. Kermit and Reflection had *no* issue connecting to the "live" machine; apprently, the software is smart enough to do a subsequent DNS lookup if the "first" attempt fails. PowerTerm also "failed" this test, in the same way that RUMBA failed. Perhaps the "licensed" version of PowerTerm will work better, but my advice is to spend the money on Kermit or Reflection (I like Kermit's price better than Reflection). -- Bradford J. Hamilton ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Date: 27 Nov 2002 09:21:12 GMT Organization: Fidelity Investments Message-ID: <17tJBtWnm3BT@rabbit> References: <8EA11405E59BD611BA7100104B93C26091E505@exdel01.del.mgsl.com> From: Bradford J. Hamilton Subject: Re: totally OT: terminal emulators In article , bob@instantwhip.com (Bob Ceculski) writes: > Kesav Tadimeti wrote in message news:<8EA11405E59BD611BA7100104B93C26091E505@exdel01.del.mgsl.com>... >> Hi all, >> We got a CD of pathworks along with other VMS-related CDs when we bought a >> DS-10. The Pathworks CD contains PowerTerm which is a terminal emulator. I >> would like to know about its licensing details. Is it an evaluation copy, or >> does come with a single-use license or unlimited-user license. >> >> Any help will be appreciated. I am not very happy with our Reflection >> emulator - eats up a lot of CPU time on Windows. >> >> With thanks.. >> keshav > > powerterm is a good emulator, but if you need ssh2 then try > powerterm pro from ericom ... Folks, To be as fair as I can to Ericom... I repeated the test described to you in an earlier note, regarding lack of connectivity to a node in a cluster; PowerTerm now seems to be working as well as Kermit or Reflection. On reflection (:-)), I didn't--and can't--have enough control over all the variables in this test (networking, DNS, and physical building locations are all out of my hands) to make a completely unbiased judgment regarding the relative merits of these products; I can only offer you my particular experience, and I should have said so in my previous post. Of course, YMMV. :-) -- Bradford J. Hamilton braMdhamAilPtoSn@aMtAtPbi.cSom (home) sMy1A88P89S@rabMbit.fAmPr.coSm (work) "Lose the MAPS" "All opinions that I express are my own, not my employer's" ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Message-ID: References: <8EA11405E59BD611BA7100104B93C26091E505@exdel01.del.mgsl.com> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 07:12:07 GMT From: Ryan Moore Subject: Re: totally OT: terminal emulators If you are "in the market" for Windows terminal emulators, I'd also recommend you try CRT/SecureCRT from Vandyke Technologies. http://www.vandyke.com/ The product contains excellent emulation and many wonderful features. CRT and SecureCRT have the same features except that SecureCRT includes SSH1 and SSH2 support (if you need it). They have been upgrading the product for a couple years now, and support have been wonderful. You can get a 30-day evalution copy at their website. I'm a very happy user of their product. You get one year of upgrades when you purchase the product. Less expensive upgrade licenses are available if you want to upgrade after your year is up. It's a reasonable scheme. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ UNISYS emulation A division of Attachmate Corporation makes products emulating Unisys terminals. [Unisys, if you didn't hear, was formed from the merger of Burroughs Corporation and Sperry Univac. Attachmate is similarly the result of vendor mergers: KEA Systems and Digital Communications Associates (DCA) are two of the predecessors.] Terminal emulators include InterCom. for Unisys T27 emulation (available for Windows, Macintosh, DOS, and UNIX), and PEP for UTS 20/40/60 emulation (available for Windows, Macintosh, DOS, and UNIX). For information about product part numbers and suggested retail prices, telephone the Attachmate Unisys Division at +1 513/745-0500. (This office is in Cincinnati, Ohio.) \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Path: cs.utk.edu!gatech!darwin.sura.net!gwu.edu!seas.gwu.edu!oliveri Newsgroups: comp.terminals Organization: George Washington University Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3qvjak$bjl@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> References: <3qj76t$bnp@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> Date: 5 Jun 1995 18:44:36 GMT From: oliveri@seas.gwu.edu (Robin Oliveri) Subject: Re: vt340 Terminal Emulation Software? Terry Womack (tdwomack@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : I am looking for a good vt340 terminal emulator. There seem to be : several applications which offer emulation of vt100s, vt220s, etc., : but I have not found a good vt340 emulator. Public domain, freeware, : or shareware software would be the best, but any recommendations for a : good commercial package would also be appreciated. : Thanks. : Terry From what little I've heard about it, TalkThru (or something like that) is pretty good. It's a commercial package from Software Corporation of America. Don't know their number, but I imagine they have an 800 number so try calling 1-800 directory assistance in the U.S. (1-800- 555-1212). Oh: It runs under OS/2. Maybe they have a DOS version, if that's what you're looking for. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Path: cs.utk.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc !howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!news.aurora.net!netnews Distribution: world Message-ID: <3rpn7d$m75@angate.disc-net.com> References: <8AB44AB.0326000F6A.uuout@almac.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.174.235.139 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.5 Organization: Attachmate Canada Date: 15 Jun 1995 16:30:37 GMT From: msimms@kea.bc.ca (Michael Simms) Subject: Re: Kea! 340 v4.02 eating up resources In article <8AB44AB.0326000F6A.uuout@almac.co.uk>, andrew.stephens@almac.co.uk (ANDREW STEPHENS) says: > >When I run KEA (which is set up to run a macro on startup), it instantly >uses up around 10-11% of Windows resources (running on a 486-66Mhz with >16Mb RAM). So what, you say? > >When I exit KEA, it only frees up around 7% (the other 4% get lost in >limbo). After running then exiting KEA a number of times, Windows >eventually runs out of memory (well resources, really). I am not running >any other apps at the time. Does anyone have any ideas? > >I have 'kind of' found the cause. In the macro there is a command to >switch the menu bar on and off (Menus=True & Menus=False). After masses >of testing, this appeared to be the major cause. Has anyone had similar >problems? > >Now these lines have been removed, KEA only has the 'missing >resource' problem the first time you run/exit it. Subsequent attempts >at running/ exiting KEA only then use up around 7%, and all 7% is freed >upon exit - it is as though the 'missing' 4% from the first time Kea >was run is somehow still being used by subsequent runs. > >(Obviously once Windows is exited, and restarted, KEA will then go back >to the problem again the first time it is run. > >Any ideas? >Andy. I hate to say it but this WAS a bug. The bug is fixed in version 4.1 of KEA!. For a fix today use the menu editing functions instead of the global on/off switch. The function to turn off all menus is: Menus( Reset=True, Position="&File", Hide=True, Position="&Edit", Hide=True, Position="&Transfer", Hide=True, Position="&Options", Hide=True, Position="&Connection", Hide=True, Position="&Macro", Hide=True, Position="&Window", Hide=True, Position="&Help", Hide=True ) To turn on the menus use: Menus( Reset=True ) Use the macro functions in a startup macro or modify your configuration file in the user directory. The first run of KEA! normally causes a loss of Windows memory because KEA! forces Windows to load communication modules. The loss is usually greatest if any Novell communication method is used. To contact Attachmate sales at 800-426-6283 or 206-426-6283 or support at 800-688-3270. I hope you find this usefull. Michael Simms Yes I work for Attachmate but my opinions are my own. \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Path: cs.utk.edu!nntp.memphis.edu!ukma!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com !zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!matlock.mindspring.com !francisc.mindspring.com!francisc Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: 5250 emulator wanted - TERMITE !!! Message-ID: From: francisc@mindspring.com (Francis Carden) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 05:57:31 gmt References: <805766389.704@iris.demon.co.uk> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 27 Ed Wright wrote: > > Anyone know of any good public domain TCP/IP 5250 emulators for > Windows 3.1? Please email edwardw@iris.demon.co.uk (as I'm on a dialup link). Try loading a free evaluation of TERMiTE from http:/www.pixel.co.uk/pixel/ TERMiTE supports TN5250, TN3270, wyse, dec vt100-420 (double height etc.,), ADDS, ADM11, Ampex, Ansi, Cifer, DG, PC Monitor, Galileo, Videotext, SM9400, Prism, Microfusion, SCO ANSI, Televideo 955, ICL..... Over DEC LAT/CTERM/TCP, all TCP/IP stacks, Firefox, Frontier, and loads more...... TERMiTE provides GUI capabilities for all host application developers and auto GUI for as/400 and mainframes. Full File transfer support, truetype fonts (GUI Line drawing), 132 cols, printing, Function keys, mappable keyboard, powerful macro language, on-screen VBX custom control support, full access to windows controls from host for FULL GUI of host applications including 3D list boxes, radio, check, vbx, combo, grids, buttons, icons, images and loads more..... DOS version available..... Custom versions available for OEM and Corporate sites. \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Path: cs.utk.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex !demon!not-for-mail From: lesley@pericom.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: HELP! Wyse50 terminal emulation software needed Date: Wed, 19 Jul 95 09:33:51 PDT Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pericom.demon.co.uk In article , Pete wrote: > > I think I'm probably in the wrong group but can someone direct me > to a program that will allow my IBM-compatible PC to emulate a Wyse 50 > terminal? I have tried a program (Wyse50.zip), public domain written by > Scott MacLean but have not been able to get it to work completely. Pericom's "teemtalk" supports Wyse 50, Wyse 50+ and Wyse 60, as well as Televideo (TVI), ADDS, and Hazeltine. If you would like a demonstration copy, or some more information, please contact me at the address below. Regrads Lesley Jameson ------------------------------------- Lesley Jameson Technical Support Manager Pericom Software Plc The Priory Cosgrove Milton Keynes MK19 7JJ Tel: +44 (0) 1908 265533 Fax: +44 (0) 1908 265534 E-mail: lesley@pericom.demon.co.uk == == == == == == == == == == == == == == == == == == == == == == == == == == [U.S. office: is this still correct???] Pericom, Inc. Suite D-D 9 Princess Road Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 USA POTS voice: +1 609/895-0404 POTS fax: +1 609/895-0408 E-Mail: (Claimed features of "teemtalk" for Microsoft Windows: TCP/IP, DECnet, Int 14, NetBIOS, BAPI, Viewdata, Kermit, Xmodem, script language, DDE support.) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Newsgroups: comp.terminals Path: cs.utk.edu!nntp.memphis.edu!nntp.msstate.edu!emory!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu !news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com !zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au !metro!kettle.magna.com.au!usenet Subject: Re: 3151 Terminal Emulation Message-ID: <3vpv1q$q7f@kettle.magna.com.au> From: paul@turbosoft.com.au (Paul Brooks) Date: Thu, 03 Aug 95 17:46:58 PST References: <3up82m$1gb@smarty.smart.net> Organization: Turbosoft Pty Ltd NNTP-Posting-Host: rarp244.turbosoft.com.au In article <3up82m$1gb@smarty.smart.net>, phchen@chencompserv.com says... > >Does anyone know of a terminal emulation program for the IBM PC >running MS-DOS which emulates the 3151 terminal? We sell commercial terminal emulation packages for DOS and Windows that includes a full-featured IBM 3151 emulation, amongst others. Email for your dearest distributor, pricing info and for a demonstration copy. Also, a demo copy of the Windows product 'TTWin' is available from our anonymous FTP server ftp://ftp.turbosoft.com.au/pub/ttwin/ttw1_2.exe [*see below] -- Paul Brooks | paul@turbosoft.com.au | Ssshhh: Network Specialist | pwb@newt.phys.unsw.edu.au| We're hunting TurboSoft Pty Ltd 3fl | | wabbits (in 579 Harris St., Ultimo | Ph : +61 2 281 3155 | Centennial Park) ! Sydney Australia 2007 l Fax: +61 2 281 3350 | [in 1996, a Web page was set up: http://www.turbosoft.com.au/ ] [in 2002, a new Web page was set up: http://www.ttwin.com/ ] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,vmsnet.misc,vmsnet.sysmgt Path: cs.utk.edu!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!atglab.bls.com!gatech !news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net !news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Message-ID: <42clul$ms6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <41spl2$okb@Mars.mcs.com> From: weg28@aol.com (Weg28) Date: 3 Sep 1995 12:43:01 -0400 Subject: Re: [Q] Need PC terminal emmulation for VAX For the last 5 years I have been using a product called ZSTEM VT240 Smart Terminal Emulator by KEA System Ltd. and I highly recommend this product to anybody that wants to use a PC as a VT terminal. I have tryed many products such as ProComm, Smarterm, BitCom, PC102 and many others. I will admit that the ZSTEM products are not cheap,around $300 per copy but they are well worth the investment if you really want to use your PC as a VT terminal. In my home office I have a choice of either using a DEC VT340 or my PC running ZSTEM VT240, I use the PC, what more can I say. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,vmsnet.misc,vmsnet.sysmgt Path: cs.utk.edu!nntp.memphis.edu!netnews.wku.edu!mvb.saic.com !news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu !spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!msunews!netnews.upenn.edu!news.drexel.edu !duphy4.physics.drexel.edu!duphy4.drexel.edu!lane Message-ID: References: <41spl2$okb@Mars.mcs.com> <41vf74$mq3@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Distribution: all Organization: Drexel University Nntp-Posting-Host: groundhog.physics.drexel.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 12:43:33 GMT From: lane@duphy4.drexel.edu (Charles Lane) Subject: Re: [Q] Need PC terminal emmulation for VAX In article <41vf74$mq3@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, shoppa@altair.krl.caltech.edu (Tim Shoppa) writes: > >In article <41spl2$okb@Mars.mcs.com>, James W. Barr wrote: >> >> I have tried ProComm Plus for >>Windows, and it is respectable, but I feel it falls short in many >>areas. For example, switching between 80/132 columns is a hassle and >>the keyboard requires custom mapping. Sure, most emulators may require >>tweaking, but what do you all use? I feel that most terminal emulators >>fall way short when comparing them to an actual VT terminal. I do not >>have to concern myself with file transfer or fancy stuff, I just want a >>solid, viable VT emmulator. >My recommendation: Ditch any commercial products. I haven't run across >any that come close to properly emulating a VT-series terminal >realistically. Even worse, there are many products out >there which emulate VT-series terminals incorrectly, but the >authors believe that this incorrect emulation is a "feature, >not a bug". I *used* to agree with the above sentiments; I still do when it comes to Procomm, Em, and a number of other so-called "terminal emulators". Actually, they're more like "communications programs" for the BBS-using crowd. I changed my mind when I started using KEAterm (and the previous DOS product Zstem). Tim, since you're at Caltech, you might hear mention of a full-screen editor called "mined" (probably only the relics of prior ages have heard of it). It uses all of the VT function keys from F6 to F20, and is usually a real problem for a VT emulator. Not so for KEAterm. When I first bought Zstem, they sent you a "VT-like" keyboard to plug into your PC so that keyboard mapping wasn't an issue. They don't do that any more, but the PC I'm using now has a DEC LK-250 plugged into it (more recent ones are LK-350's...they aren't as solidly constructed, but do work okay). Even without a DEC keyboard, KEAterm can pop up a "keyboard" window, so you can click on those problematic keys or combinations that your PC can't handle. And it does color ReGIS graphics better than some VTs (admittedly with old firmware) I've dealt with. Look into KEAterm. It's a quality product. Now if they'd just add Kerberos support to the Telnet interface, it'd be *really* great! (not associated, blah blah blah, other than as a happy customer) -- Chuck Lane "I wish to God these calculations Drexel Univ. Particle Physics had been accomplished by steam." lane@duphy4.physics.drexel.edu --C. Babbage ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Path: utkcs2!gatech!unix.cis.pitt.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!news.bbn.com!news.bbn.com!wbe Message-ID: References: Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc., Cambridge, MA NNTP-Posting-Host: crystal.bbn.com In-reply-to: dc@uts.amdahl.com's message of 25 Oct 91 17:29:33 GMT Date: 25 Oct 1991 22:14:22 GMT From: wbe@bbn.com (Winston Edmond) Subject: Re: Toshiba 1000SE Terminal Emulator Wanted dc@uts.amdahl.com (Dennis Chapman) writes: I'm finding myself using my 1000SE as a terminal on my UNIX system more and more. I'm not particularly happy with the terminal mode provided by WORKS. Is there any good terminal emulator available? Nothing fancy, just good vt100 or ansi support, baud rates up to 19.2K, and maybe support for the 640x400 mode so that I can get more then 24 lines of text. Procomm version 2.4.3's VT100 emulation works just fine with our SunOS 4.1 Unix and MicroVax Ultrix systems, GNU Emacs, curses, etc., with one exception: their emulation defaults to "Origin Mode=Relative" instead of "Origin mode=Absolute" like every VT100 I know of. This can be fixed by putting if ($TERM == VT100) echo -n '^[[?6l' (where ^[ means ESCape) in your .login, or an equivalent statement in your .profile. Procomm runs at least up to 9600, and I forget offhand if it goes faster. Procomm also supports a variety of up/download protocols. If you want super-top-notch-whiz-bang-complete VT100 emulation, get a copy of KERMIT. It supports practically most features of VT340s and VT102s. Kermit's user interface will feel more primitive, and it only supports the kermit file transfer protocol, but it works and it's free. -WBE ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 13:13:58 -0700 Message-ID: <3579A306.49A8@bigfoot.com> References: <357591FD.2188@bigfoot.com> <6l9jpc$t6912@reader2.wxs.nl> From: Chen Coulter Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: TV 955 emulator > You can use Procomm Plus from Quaterdeck/ Datastorm > > check http://www.quarterdeck.com/ Frans, I appreciate your reply. However, we have tested Procomm Plus a couple of times in the past and found their TV 955 emulation to be woefully incomplete. Have you in fact used it? Has it been substantially improved? Does it now include things like line lock and upper/lower message lines? Thanx, Chen Coulter Software Sourcery Systems, Inc. software_sourcery@bigfoot.com P.S. In doing this research, so far the most complete product appears to be TTWin from Turbosoft in Australia. However, the jury is still out. By the way, I don't know that Procomm Plus has hooks to allow a Visual Basic program to look at the data stream. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NetManage (vendor of the Chameleon TCP/IP package) offers a terminal-emulator product for MS-Windows called "Swift", positioned as an SNA-to-TCP/IP migration product, with hooks into the TN3270 module of the Chameleon TCP/IP product. (Apparently this product has nothing to do with the financial-industry communication protocol "SWIFT".) Anyway, NetManage Swift boasts the ability to emulate numerous terminals: - IBM 3270 (models 2-5) - IBM 5250 (models 2,5) - DEC VT320 - Televideo 950/955 - SCO ANSI console - Wyse 50/60 and several printers - IBM 3287 - IBM 5256 - IBM 5224 - IBM 3812 It also claims support for: - SNA - TCP/IP - DFT coax - PROFS - OfficeVision/VM - Novell Netware SAA Gateway - Microsoft SNA Server Announced price of "Swift" is $400 by itself in quantity one, or $600 in a bundle with the full Chameleon TCP/IP product. As of August 1995, the firm had a lower-price introductory competitive-upgrade offer. NetManage 10725 North DeAnza Blvd. Dept U Cupertino, CA 95014 voice: +1 408/973-7171 fax: +1 408/257-6405 e-mail: WWW: http://www.netmanage.com/ NetManage also offers its standard Chameleon Telnet product, claimed to support the following terminal emulations: DEC VT52, VT100, VT220, VT320 "ANSI", SCO ANSI Televideo TVI950, TVI955 Wyse 50, Wyse 60 AT386 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= product: FacetTerm Multi-session emulation for SCO Unix, Intel V.4 Unix, RS/6000 AIX, etc. Free 30-day evaluation copy. Structured Software Solutions, Inc. 4031 West Plano Parkway Plano, Texas, USA 75093 Voice POTS: +1 214-985-9901 Voice WATS: 1-800-235-9901 Fax POTS: +1 214-612-2035 Fax WATS: 1-800-982-9901 e-mail: WWW: http://www.sssi.com/ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// =:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:= Newsgroups: comp.terminals Path: cs.utk.edu!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech2!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <48g2ol$hsm@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <48cvic$ds9@progress.progress.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader Date: 16 Nov 1995 14:17:41 -0500 From: gregsutton@aol.com (GREGSUTTON) Subject: Re: Specs on VT emulation In article <48cvic$ds9@progress.progress.com>, davec@progress.com (Dave Cleary) writes: >Subject: Specs on VT emulation >From: davec@progress.com (Dave Cleary) >Date: 15 Nov 1995 15:04:44 GMT > >I'm looking for specs on VTxxx emulations for writing emulation software. >Does anybody have a resource? > >Dave Cleary >Progress Software Corp. PowerTCP Toolkits include a VT220/100/52 emulation as well as libraries for TCP, POP3, SNMP, TFTP, UDP, SMTP, TELNET, FTP for C/C++, PB, VB, OLE, Delphi Environments. Also, we have a PowerVT Advanced Emulation Package for Windows. Additional info and demos can be found at http://www.dart.com. Greg Sutton Online Marketing Dart Communications ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc Path: cs.utk.edu!stc06.ctd.ornl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!hookup!nic.ott.hookup.net!noc.tor.hookup.net!news Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4a4scf$q7q@noc.tor.hookup.net> References: <49m6m7$t6v@news.uni-c.dk> <4a02es$6tr@news.isl.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: rborrell.tor.hookup.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Organization: PROTECH Consulting Inc. Date: 6 Dec 1995 19:53:51 GMT From: "R. Bruce Orrell" Subject: Re: Windows NT <-> AS/400 jdahl@sparc.isl.net (Jared Dahl) wrote: >In article <49m6m7$t6v@news.uni-c.dk>, phejndrf@inet.uni-c.dk says... >> >> >>I'm looking for a product that will connect a Windows NT to AS/400 >>(OS/400 rel. 3.1) in more less the same way as CA/400. The only >>functions I need are 5250 terminal and file-transfer. > >Take a look at NetSoft's package. It's router is neat, and the >emulator( called Elite ) is top notch. > NetSoft's Win'95 product will do a bang-up job for in NT. -- ========================================================================= R. Bruce Orrell Technical Specialist PROTECH Consulting Inc. http://www.protech.on.ca/ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Path: cs.utk.edu!stc06.ctd.ornl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu !milo.mcs.anl.gov!cmt.anl.gov!SCANDORA Date: 1 Feb 1996 16:08:25 GMT Organization: Argonne National Laboratory Message-ID: <4eqohp$hsc@milo.mcs.anl.gov> References: <9601310212.AA4512@worldcom-45.worldcom.com> <1996Feb1.025147.8711@ais> From: scandora@cmt.anl.gov (Tony Scandora 708-252-7541) Subject: Re: VMS/Win '95 Terminal Emulation In article <1996Feb1.025147.8711@ais>, bruce@ais.com writes: > >Your (legal) choices are quite limited if you don't want to spend any >money :). There might be something available as freeware on one of the >MS-DOS CD-ROMS that are available, but offhand I don't know of anything >on them that's worth mentioning and that doesn't cost money to use legally. If it's a matter of principle, the old MS Kermit for DOS is free and runs. On the other hand, for $40 you can't beat WinQVT V4.0 for NT and 95. Its telnet emulator knows how to map Num Lock as PF1, and its keys are easily programmable - it shows you a picture of an IBM keyboard and a DEC keyboard and lets you click both to map. It's a really nice product. Your $40 also gets you a really nice ftp client with both command line and Windows user interfaces. And that's not all. You get a bunch of other Internet clients and servers. You can't beat it for $40, and they'll negotiate quantity pricing. If you need LAT or async connections (WinQVT's terminal emulator is telnet only), Kermit 95 costs $54, but way less than any of the other commercial products. I don't know if Kermit 95 supports multiple network virtual terminals (WinQVT does). If a good terminal emulator isn't worth $40 or $54 to you, you may not really need one. Tony Scandora, Argonne National Lab, 708-252-7541 ',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',',', POLY-STAR TERMINAL EMULATION: poly-STAR/T (for DOS) and poly-STAR/TW (for MS-Windows) provide support of DEC text terminals including the VT320 and VT220. poly-STAR/G (for DOS) and poly-STAR/GW (for MS-Windows) support Digital's 16-color ReGIS graphics and fully emulate the VT240, VT241 and VT340 as well as text terminals. poly-STAR/G and poly-STAR/GW also support display and output of DEC's Sixel graphics. Both products provide Tektronix 4010/4014 vector-graphics terminal emulation. Polygon, Inc. 1350 Baur Blvd. St. Louis, Missouri 63132 voice: +1 314/432-4142 Web: http://www.polygon.com/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Tandem 6530: see the "Tandem Computer" link on the "various terminals" page. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ A brief look at three terminal-emulator products for the Newton MessagePad PDA appeared at the Mobilis magazine site http://www.volksware.com/mobilis/january.97/newton1.htm [Link now stale.] ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Message-ID: <7e0867$slk$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> References: <4TjM2.281$0c1.289@cynws01.we.mediaone.net> <7du58o$jrk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7e00pd$461$3@callisto.clark.net> Organization: Columbia University Date: 1 Apr 1999 16:51:19 GMT From: Jeffrey Altman Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: Any good terminal emulators? In article <7e00pd$461$3@callisto.clark.net>, T.E.Dickey wrote: : Mark Greene wrote: : > In article <4TjM2.281$0c1.289@cynws01.we.mediaone.net>, : > "Nathan Hamre" wrote: : >> I am looking for a terminal emulator that will work well using wyse60 : ^^^^^^ : (wyse60 isn't one of the emulations listed by Reflection) : -- likewise, FutureSoft doesn't list this (unless it's buried somewhere) I didn't respond to this thread earlier because the poster wanted a terminal emulator that did wyse60 AND ftp. However, since the direction it has taken is to list all terminal emulators regardless of what emulations they support and whether or not they include an FTP client, I will add that Kermit 95 does support Wyse60 with all of the Wyse160 extensions as well as Wyse 30, Wyse 50, and their plus varients. For security reasons Kermit 95 disables the ability of the host to read the real contents of the screen. However, this safety feature may be turned off by the user if it is so desired. This feature is needed for using a Wyse 60 terminal with products like DoubleVision or multi-session managers. For details on Kermit 95 see http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Message-ID: <3703BB58.D043824@wrq.com> References: <4TjM2.281$0c1.289@cynws01.we.mediaone.net> <7du58o$jrk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <7e00pd$461$3@callisto.clark.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.215.151.129 Organization: WRQ Inc. Seattle, WA Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 10:30:48 -0800 From: Joe Silagi Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: Any good terminal emulators? Correction: Reflection versions 6.0 and 7.0 support Wyse 50+ and 60 emulation. For the record.... The traditional Reflection terminal emulation products (FAT clients) supports the following kinds of terminal emulation: Text Terminal Emulation HP 700/98, 700/96, 700/94, 700/92, and 2392A, VT420, VT320, VT220, VT102, VT52, Unisys T27, Wyse50+, Wyse60, Data General Dasher 215, ADDS VP2, SCO- and BBS-ANSI. Graphics Terminal Emulation VT340, VT330, VT241, VT240, and Tektronix 4010/4014 IBM Terminal Emulation IBM 3270 display stations IBM 3278, models 2, 3, 4, 5 IBM 3279, models 2, 3 IBM 3277, model 2 (displayed as 3278, model 2) 3179-G, 3192-G, and 3472-G graphics emulation APL character set and Extended display and field attributes AS/400 systems IBM 5250 terminals: 5251, 5291, 5292, 3179, 3180, 3196, 3197, 3476, 3477, 3486, 3487 Our Thin client emulation product called Enterview supports the following kinds of terminal emulation: IBM 3270 display stations Models 2 (24x80), 3 (32x80), 4 (43x80), and 5 (27x132) IBM AS/400 Models 3179, 3180, 3196, 3477, 3486, 3487, 5251, 5291, and 5555 Text Terminal Emulation: VT220 with VT400 extensions, VT102, VT100, VT52 and ANSI color HP 700/92, HP 700/94, HP 700/96, HP 700/98, HP 2392A Check out http://www.wrq.com for complete details. Regards, Joe Silagi WRQ Inc. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// References: <3.0.5.32.20000828061542.009dd450@discovery.fuentez.com> <39AB0B03.7486B472@earthlink.net> <39AB5FE3.35EF477B@gtech.com> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 09:12:34 +0100 Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Message-ID: From: Andy Burns Subject: Re: Portable GUIs (VMS+Windows-NT) ? Arne Vajhøj wrote: >Reflection 2/4/X are very good products (I have never used 1 or 8). I agree, I never had a VT emulation problem even when using sixel >The default keyboard mapping are probably as good as it can be (a PC >keyboard and a VT keyboard are not identical). as you say the default is as good as it can be, but you can bolt on an LK450 and get the real thing ... then be disorientated when you go back to a normal PC and start getting ins/home/pgup confused ! -- Andy Burns ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 21:29:32 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Message-ID: <39AC718C.AD1C1B35@earthlink.net> From: David J. Dachtera Subject: Re: Portable GUIs (VMS+Windows-NT) ? Robert Deininger wrote: [snip] > I know one guy who uses this package on his PeeCee. It looks awful. > He has to click a bunch of mousey-buttons because he can't make the keyboard > do some stuff. Backspace and delete are messed up. The VT emulation > in general seems awful when he connects to VMS. Maybe he just has it > configured wrong? Um, Reflection is the *ONLY* complete VT emulation on the market, AFAIK. Try to find another that does smooth-scroll when you absolutely postively *MUST* have it. Your co-worker DEFINITELY has something misconfigured! Unfortunately, WRQ has been "assimilated", and both their terminal programs and FTP client have lost a great deal of functionality in favor of Windows "integration". Their V6.1 FTP client was really easy to use, especially if you've ever used LapLink. Their V7.0 FTP client is a total abomination - the only way to use it effectively is use the command line within the window - so why bother with a GUI? -- David J. Dachtera dba DJE Systems http://www.djesys.com/ .............................................................................. See http://www.wrq.com/ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: alt.hacker, alt.hackers.malicious, comp.terminals Message-ID: <20020323165940.3560.qmail@gacracker.org> Organization: mail2news@dizum.com Date: 23 Mar 2002 16:59:40 -0000 From: Mach Subject: Bare bones ssh for Windows Windows comes with an application named telnet that does a fair job of emulating a terminal, but a very poor job of securing a session. In fact, only a fool would use telnet in today's hostile networked world. Instead, most people use secure shell (ssh) to provide encrypted telnet sessions that keep prying eyes at bay. Unfortunately, Microsoft does not yet bundle ssh with Windows. They leave it up to you to find your own ssh app for Windows. Lots of ssh apps exist, but, from my perspective, they do ugly things like sparsely install files all over a file system, muck with the registry, and upgrade Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs). I like to keep things simple by using a command line unix / MSDOS installation methodology that consists of creating a parent directory then copying files under it. cygwin ( http://www.cygwin.com/ ) allows you to run traditional, open source, unix applications under Windows. You need to install it along with ssh to obtain the necessary files that we use in our bare bones cygwin ssh. After you install cygwin with ssh you need to locate the following files and copy them into a parent directory: CYGCRYPTO.DLL CYGWIN1.DLL CYGZ.DLL SCP.EXE SFTP.EXE SSH.EXE SSH-ADD.EXE SSH-AGENT.EXE SSH-KEYGEN.EXE SSH-KEYSCAN.EXE You only need to copy those files to install ssh (and a couple of handy, secure file copying programs named scp and sftp) into any Windows PC. If you want, you can even remove cygwin from the PC that you originally used to obtain the files. Those files fit on a pair of 3.5" diskettes. I always keep a pair handy in the field in case I need to use a Windows PC to download software from my server. An example of how to use scp: scp -S ./ssh mach@192.168.1.1:data . In the example, a user named mach wants to copy a file named data from mach's home directory on a server with an IP address of 192.168.1.1 to the current directory of Windows. You need to enter the -S argument to explicitly specify the path to the ssh binary otherwise scp defaults to a path of usr/bin. Notice that the -S argument uses forward slashes in place of the reverse slashes typically found in Windows. -- finger mach @ nym.alias.net for public key If you send mail post a message telling me to check my mail. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: alt.hacker, alt.hackers.malicious, comp.terminals References: <20020323165940.3560.qmail@gacracker.org> Message-ID: Organization: SAUNALAHDEN asiakas Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 04:34:28 +0200 From: Jukka Aho Subject: Re: Bare bones ssh for Windows "Mach" wrote: > After you install cygwin with ssh you need to locate the > following files and copy them into a parent directory: > > [list of files] > > You only need to copy those files to install ssh [...] into > any Windows PC. If you want, you can even remove cygwin from > the PC that you originally used to obtain the files. Those > files fit on a pair of 3.5" diskettes. PuTTY would be yet easier, as it only consists of one executable which nicely fits on a single floppy. No need to fool around with cygwin, either. You can find PuTTY (which is open source and free to download) at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html -- znark ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: alt.hacker, alt.hackers.malicious, comp.terminals Message-ID: <5f471bece67c97b3@mayday.cix.co.uk> Organization: Mayday Technology Ltd Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 10:13:49 +0000 From: robert$1@mayday.cix.co.uk Subject: Re: PuTTy is also a good one... On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, ThePsyko wrote: > I prefer SecureCRT to putty though :) Okay, as I have an interest in this I'll bite. CRT 3.4.3 2.4 Mb Includes a windows installer. PuTTY 400k Bare exe only needed. Other tools, agent, keygen, psftp etc are around 200k each. Total 1.2Mb. PuTTY provides full source code, CRT is binaries only. Source code is, approx, another 400k. PuTTY has better emulation. CRT doesn't 'eat' all VTxxx sequences that it doesn't support. CRT has no support for alternate host character encodings. PuTTY can use many different host character encodings including UTF-8 PuTTY has some support for DBCS character encodings. PuTTY has compose key support (on the windows menu key or AltGr) PuTTY understands more of the real VT100 codes. CRT understands more of the real VT220 codes. PuTTY works out of the 'box' as an accurate colour Xterm. CRT fails various vttest tests including 'BUG F' and the funny scroll regions test, PuTTY does not. PuTTY has better display CRT will only double size it's own font, putty will do any unless told not to in which case it will double space. CRT can only display VT graphics with it's own font PuTTY can use any windows font and even does the 'stepped lines' properly. CRT's fullscreen mode either has 'too small' characters or no line drawing characters. CRT has modem and TAPI connectivity PuTTY has only ssh, telnet and rlogin. CRT can do in channel zmodem file transfers. CRT has some scripting support PuTTY does not. CRT has easier selection of emulation, however PuTTY can emulate all the terminals CRT can _if_ you set it up. (In fact PuTTY's Linux terminal support actually works, unlike CRT) CRT's scrollback is limited to 32000 lines, PuTTY's is limited by memory. CRT has inline printing support. CRT has a generic keymap editor. And finally, PuTTY will not let the host overwhelm it. Eg: cat /dev/zero will lockup CRT's network module but PuTTY doesn't even notice. I prefer PuTTY as I don't need the extra features that CRT gives however before I found and contributed to PuTTY my favorite was CRT (I even _paid_ for a copy!) -- Rob. (Robert de Bath ) http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: alt.hacker, alt.hackers.malicious, comp.terminals References: <5f471bece67c97b3@mayday.cix.co.uk> Message-ID: <3C9E05F1.ED36336D@someoneelse.com> Organization: Theoretical Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 16:58:26 GMT From: HiEv Subject: Re: PuTTy is also a good one... ThePsyko wrote: [snip] > hmmm... perhaps PuTTY deserves another looksee then... it's been a couple > years since I switched over... what version is it at now? It's up to v0.52 now. (Last update 2002-01-14) See: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html -- The difference between intelligence and stupidity is that intelligence has its limits. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.terminals Message-ID: <5rd48dF13l076U1@mid.individual.net> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:00:19 -0000 From: pauls Subject: Problem with screen display - PuTTY to AIX Hello group, We're having a problem with PuTTY and an AIX box. The AIX box is running some bespoke software that is usually accessed with a custom Telnet client provided by the developers of the bespoke software. Logging in is fine. After some fiddling we've got the function keys/colours and line drawing working correctly. On certain screens in the software though, things aren't displaying as they should. Things seem to go wrong on the 3rd line down which has a horizontal line going right across. The first letter of line 4 is right at the end of line 3, line 4 is then out by one character right across. Line 5 (another horizonal line) looks fine. Line 6 starts one character past where it should. Lines 7+ start one character earlier on the line before. Unfortunately the custom Telnet client that's usually used has no configuration options that we can just copy over to PuTTY, but things do work 100% correctly on that, so I'm sure this isn't a configuration issue with the AIX box. I hope from that awful explanation of what's happening that someone can help! We've tried every possible combination of settings we can think of in PuTTY to correct this! Paul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newsgroups: comp.terminals References: <5rd48dF13l076U1@mid.individual.net> Message-ID: <13l2o0lkmhqc23b@corp.supernews.com> Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:22:29 -0000 From: Thomas Dickey Subject: Re: Problem with screen display - PuTTY to AIX pauls wrote: > > We're having a problem with PuTTY and an AIX box. The AIX box is running > some bespoke software that is usually accessed with a custom Telnet client > provided by the developers of the bespoke software. ... > Things seem to go wrong on the 3rd line down which has a horizontal line > going right across. The first letter of line 4 is right at the end of line > 3, line 4 is then out by one character right across. Line 5 (another > horizonal line) looks fine. Line 6 starts one character past where it > should. Lines 7+ start one character earlier on the line before. That's in the area where PuTTY doesn't match VT100: line-wrapping. There's a (more) correct terminal description for "putty" in ncurses, e.g., ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/terminfo.src.gz -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net/ ftp://invisible-island.net/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newsgroups: comp.terminals References: <5rd48dF13l076U1@mid.individual.net> <13l2o0lkmhqc23b@corp.supernews.com> Message-ID: <5rdmqvF13s1e2U1@mid.individual.net> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:17:21 -0000 From: pauls Subject: Re: Problem with screen display - PuTTY to AIX Thomas, I take it I was supposed to extract the parts relevent to PuTTY (and those from the 'use' bits), then run 'tic' on the server to import the files in? Well, it took me long enough (and lots of Googling) to work that out, but it appears to be working! Function keys too, but I had to replace the function key stuff with "kf1=\E[M" etc etc. Does this look as though I've done everything correctly? Many, many thanks for the pointer! Paul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newsgroups: comp.terminals References: <5rd48dF13l076U1@mid.individual.net> <13l2o0lkmhqc23b@corp.supernews.com> <5rdmqvF13s1e2U1@mid.individual.net> Message-ID: <5rdn35F142gvcU1@mid.individual.net> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:21:47 -0000 From: pauls Subject: Re: Problem with screen display - PuTTY to AIX One problem I've noticed (although it doesn't appear to affect functionality at all), is a message at login saying: "Don't know how to set caps on for terminal putty" Anyone know how this can be fixed? ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.security.ssh Message-ID: Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA Date: 30 May 2002 00:04:45 GMT From: Markus Gyger Subject: PuTTY Mouse Pointer Color On Windows 98, PuTTY 0.52 uses an all-black mouse pointer that makes it difficult to select words (e.g. using double click) on the default black background. Does anybody know how to change the mouse pointer color or how to have it a mask or shadow in a different color? Markus ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.security.ssh References: Message-ID: Organization: Yeah, right Date: 30 May 2002 09:19:16 +0100 (BST) From: Simon Tatham Subject: Re: PuTTY Mouse Pointer Color Markus Gyger wrote: | | On Windows 98, PuTTY 0.52 uses an all-black mouse pointer that | makes it difficult to select words (e.g. using double click) | on the default black background. PuTTY itself doesn't do this. PuTTY asks the system for its default I-beam mouse pointer, and uses whatever it gets. I've seen the phenomenon you mention myself on NT 4, but I think it's due to the graphics driver - on other NT 4 boxes the same thing didn't happen. The default I-beam mouse pointer is composed of `reverse' pixels, which are supposed to invert the colour under them, so the pointer should show up as black when on a white background and white when on a black background. When I checked carefully on the NT 4 box that had the problem, the mouse pointer was indeed composed of `reverse' pixels, but they simply weren't doing their job properly. This is the graphics driver's fault; the only thing PuTTY does to provoke it is to have a black background by default. The only solution I could find (apart from changing my graphics driver) was to design myself a fixed-colour mouse pointer, with a white I-beam surrounded by a black outline so it would be visible everywhere. Installing that in place of the standard I-beam solved my problem, though it looked a bit ugly on white backgrounds. -- Simon Tatham These are my opinions. There are many like them but these ones are mine. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: alt.hacker, alt.hackers.malicious, comp.terminals References: <20020323165940.3560.qmail@gacracker.org> Message-ID: <20020324203605.5536.qmail@gacracker.org> Organization: mail2news@dizum.com Date: 24 Mar 2002 20:36:05 -0000 From: Mach Subject: Re: Bare bones ssh for Windows In alt.hacker Jukka Aho wrote: | | PuTTY would be yet easier, as it only consists of one executable | which nicely fits on a single floppy. No need to fool around with | cygwin, either. Agreed - if you just want a Win* ssh client PuTTY looks like the better choice. That said, one of the primary objectives in my original article was to explore the minimal installation required for cygwin. My research provided the following info: 1. You only need CYGWIN1.DLL to run an app compiled for cygwin, unless the app itself relies upon other package. (i.e. SSH relies upon the gzip and crypto packages, which means you also need CYGCRYPTO.DLL and CYGZ.DLL in order to run SSH.EXE.) 2. You DO NOT need to use a cygwin bash shell to invoke an app. 3. Although cygwin's bash shell app updates the Win* registry, you can invoke cygwin apps directly and they leave the registry alone. Granted, those points may seem intuitively obvious to smarter people. ;) > You can find PuTTY (which is open source and free to download) ^^^^^^^^^^^ I *demand* open source these days. When I fiddled with PuTTY a few years ago, I overlooked its open source. Here's my reasons for continuing to use cygwin's ssh: 1) Both unix and Win* ssh use the same source. I like to make open source apps do double duty in the unix and Win* worlds whenever possible. It helps me keep my sanity. :) 2) My perception that ssh enjoys a wider, more diverse user base that may allow bugs to surface faster to ensure a robust app. -- finger mach @ nym.alias.net for public key If you send mail post a message telling me to check my mail. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.os.vms, comp.protocols.kermit.misc References: <8EA11405E59BD611BA7100104B93C26091E505@exdel01.del.mgsl.com> Message-ID: Organization: Columbia University Date: 3 Dec 2002 14:40:07 -0500 From: Frank da Cruz Subject: Re: totally OT: terminal emulators In article , Chris Olive wrote: : ... : (2) In the heyday of VMS, I always considered WRQ's Reflection the : cadillac of commercial terminal emulators, esp. with its RCL : scripting. It's emulation abilities and configuration settings : were/are impeccable. (I stil have access to using it. Though I must : say, I always thought they over-priced their product, fine as it is, : and still do over-price it.) : : (3) Kermit (as has already been mention) had/has a huge grassroots : following and was just as powerful, if not more, as Reflection esp. in : scripting. It's emulation too I found to be impeccable. Kermit was : great when file transfer protocols where still muchly used (XModem, : YModem, ZModem, Kermit, etc.) I've not used Kermit in a very long : time however, so I can't say anything more about it. (Though the : people that wrote it obviously knew what they were doing -- I see FdC : is here -- so I'm sure its a very fine product still.) I hope so! : (4) I use a freeware/shareware product called PuTTY. It's VERY nice, : emulates very well, is very configurable, and handles SSH. I agree PuTTY is nice, mainly for its simplicity, small size, character-set support, and lack of any need for an installation process. But for the record, Kermit does SSH too, as well as Kerberos IV and V and SSL/TLS (newly supported in VMS, and more secure than SSH), plus lots of other things that are not within PuTTY's scope. Plus Kermit has pretty good tech support. You can find a comparison here: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/winsshclients.html (Reflection was not included in this survey because it's not an SSH client.) In the modern world, file transfer protocols like Kermit are not entirely passe. If you already have a terminal connection (SSH, Telnet, SSL/TSL, Rlogin) from Windows to a VMS host and you want to send a file from your PC or get one from VMS to your PC, it's quite simple to type: kermit -g filename <-- (to get a file from the PC to VMS) or: kermit -s filename <-- (to send a file from VMS to the PC) at the DCL prompt; everything else happens automatically, thanks to advances such as "autodownload", "autoupload", automatic text/binary mode switching, etc -- no complicated settings or contortions with Ctrl or Alt keys needed. Try it sometime (it works the same in VMS C-Kermit when you use it as your Telnet, Rlogin, or dialout client). : Since I'm here, I wouldn't mind hearing someone, maybe even FdC, : provide a tit-for-tat on Kermit versus PuTTY. : See chart referenced above. I actually like PuTTY, but it only does what it's advertised to do, which is about 10% of what Kermit does, so if you need any of the other stuff (see chart), and/or you like to have one command and scripting language common to Windows, VMS, and Unix (not to mention some other operating systems rapidly fading from memory, such as AOS/VS and VOS), you might prefer Kermit 95: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95.html Meanwhile, I should post a separate announcement regarding the addition of SSL/TLS to VMS C-Kermit, for the benefit of those who missed the "by the way" announcements in this and other threads. - Frank ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.terminals References: Message-ID: Date: 30 Jan 2003 10:43:25 -0800 From: Yves St-Arnaud Subject: Re: TeraTerm. yves_st_arnaud@hotmail.com (Yves St-Arnaud) wrote in message news:... > Hi everybody, > > I want my printer, a POS Epson TM-T88III, to print french characters (éèê...) > from teraterm. > > Thanks. > > Yves St-Arnaud I found the solution. In teraterm.ini, with this line PrnFont=Terminal,0,-10,0 Thanks. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.terminals References: Message-ID: Date: 31 Jan 2003 06:14:30 -0800 From: Yves St-Arnaud Subject: Re: TeraTerm. yves_st_arnaud@hotmail.com (Yves St-Arnaud) wrote: > > I found the solution. In teraterm.ini, with this line > PrnFont=Terminal,0,-10,0 > > Thanks. Oops, problem is coming back. It's OK if I use the item in the menu of teraterm but not when the Unix application prints a report !!!! ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.terminals NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.249.159.3 NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:11:34 +0000 (UTC) References: Message-ID: Date: 29 Oct 2003 02:11:34 -0800 From: Simon Subject: Re: Teraterm and Com5 Liam wrote: > > Can anyone tell me how to setup Teraterm to deal with COM5. In the > release notes for teraterm 2.3 > (http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html) it states:- Hi Liam, I just had the same problem - and solved it... In the TERATERM.INI file located in the same directory as the TeraTerm executable, you have to find a line saying MaxPort=4. Change the line to MaxPort=5, restart TeraTerm and your problems have vanished. Best regards, Simon Tjell Denmark ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.terminals Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 16:50:27 GMT Message-ID: From: Joe Silagi Subject: IBM 315X PRE-BETA TEST SITES NEEDED! WRQ, Inc. will soon release a new version of our Reflection terminal emulation software. Now users with IBM315X host applications can take advantage of the full power of Reflection! From powerful scripting and automation features including events, and the seamless inclusion of Visual Basic for Applications to a fully customizable interface, Reflection is THE choice in desktop terminal emulators. We are looking for people who would like to test alpha and beta versions of this release. Participation in this program will allow you to directly influence the development of this product. The Reflection for Windows Development Team will work directly with pre-release test sites to ensure that Reflection meets their site requirements. We consider the addition of an emulation an important new feature -- and it's critical to us that this emulation provides the level of support your applications require. We are very interested in determining how well our emulation supports your host applications! The Alpha testing is beginning soon. If you would like to be part of this preview program, please reply to this email. We'd like to hear from you as soon as possible. The only test site requirements are: --------------------------------------------------- - host application written to use IBM315X emulation - WIN2K, XP, NT 4.0 (SP6) client Thank you for your time and we look forward to hearing from you! The Reflection for Windows Development Team ================================================== About WRQ: For 22 years, WRQ has developed high-quality software, backed by #1 rated customer support. WRQ software extends host applications, rapidly integrating them for new applications or new users. Four out of five Fortune 500 companies rely on WRQ daily. With over six million users in 51 countries, WRQ is one of the largest privately held software companies in the U.S. To learn more about the company's Reflection and Verastream products, visit http://www.wrq.com/products/ To view the current Reflection for Unix and OpenVMS data sheet, point your browser to following web site: http://www.wrq.com/assets/products_0806.pdf ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Message-ID: <9E22D0E2-148D-11D8-A000-000393CE31B6@.COM> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:25:48 -0500 To: Macintosh Users From: Peter Wagener Subject: Enabling Terminal.app's FocusFollowsMouse hidden option I've been a user of iTerm http://iterm.sourceforge.net/ as my Mac OS X terminal application for about a year now, and am still happy with it; tabbed-terminal windows are great. However, I recently ran across a tip that allows us recovering X-Windows addicts to get a little bit of that old feeling: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031029203936659 You don't get the auto-raise behavior, but focus will now follow your mouse from terminal to terminal. It even gives a terminal window the focus when Terminal.app isn't the application in the foreground! This might be enough to bring me back to the OS X Terminal fold. Enjoy, Peter ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.terminals NNTP-Posting-Host: 4.131.78.134 NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 06:36:28 PDT Message-ID: Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 13:36:28 GMT From: Kevin L Subject: Help my terminal emulator: what's the next frontier? After 2 years of after-hours coding, I have finally released a version of Qodem (http://qodem.sourceforge.net/) that is good enough for my own use, so now Icall it beta. New feature development has cooled now to shake out bugs and take a breather. Since you all are the best experts around on what a terminal should do, I'd like to get your feedback to help guide its future.What I wanted when I started writing Qodem was the ability to run console stuff(no X11) with the features I got used to in the BBS era: scrollback, capture,"ANSI" color, file transfer protocols, etc. At the moment Qodem is essentially complete for my original goals except for scripting support and Kermit (which will come over the next year or so). Now I'd like to make it more generally usable and not just a clone of a DOS-era program that only die-hard BBS users will enjoy.What I don't want is for Qodem to be the best terminal emulator around. I think Xterm, Kermit 95, and a plethora of commercial packages have that covered, and it honestly can't be done anyway using only a text-based console (not enough glyphs, no ReGIS/sixel/Tektronix, mouse, etc). I don't want to emulate terminals that are nigh impossible to acquire these days, or support file transfer protocols for information services that are no longer in business, or automate BBS stuff that no one uses anymore. I just want to be a good terminal that anyone could get their work done withoutthat "one stupid problem" so many emulators seem to have. (Examples: minicom's VT102 can't do VT52 sub-mode, which rules out using it on old Vaxen; HyperTerminal's VT100 is actually quite good but can't be resized to greaterthan 80/132x24, making it useless on my embedded PC/104 systems that redirectthe 80x25 CGA console using the serial port, and it's scrollback is very flaky; quite a few good and pretty multi-lingual emulators can't get basic VT100 right even though they support Big-5 glyphs.) So I'm asking: 1) What are the features that you feel are just must-haves in any terminal emulator? Be brutal if you want to. :) 2) What are the most aggravating things an emulator can do to make it worthless junk in your eyes? Definitely be brutal on this one. 3) Outside of Xterm, Kermit95, and pricey (over $300) commercial terminals, what are your favorite terminals out there? 4) Are there any other features you've always wanted but never seen? -- Kevin L //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////