18 Apr
2008
18 Apr
'08
6:12 a.m.
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:31:54AM -0400, Steve Robertson wrote:
Whatever terminal you use, it should have VT100
emulation. It seems like
most classic OS's and applications will have support for the VT100.
I mostly agree. The one large exception is if you fiddle with PDP-8s. The
'vtedit' macro for TECO expects a VT52, and does *not* work with VT220s in
VT52 mode.
Nearly everything else I've played with expect either an ASR-33 (i.e., no
cursor positioning), or a VT100.
-ethan
--
Ethan Dicks, A-333-S Current South Pole Weather at 18-Apr-2008 at 13:10 Z
South Pole Station
PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -83.9 F (-64.4 C) Windchill -118.4 F (-83.6 C)
APO AP 96598 Wind 7.9 kts Grid 87 Barometer 678.2 mb (10696 ft)
Ethan.Dicks at usap.gov http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html