22 Nov
1998
22 Nov
'98
8:08 a.m.
Why do you think that is? It shouldn't be too difficult to duplicate a
VT100; after all, the specs are available. I do agree with you, though.
Every communications program I've used always messes up on _something_.
While one might work with BBS A but give weird characters with B, the other
one is the other way around, even if they both use VT100, or ANSI, or
whatever the case might be. I think it may partially be the fault of the BBS
program, but when connecting to a DEC system, this is of course not an
issue.
Big time right on. Being an exDEC terminals and
printers widget I have
yet to find a terminal emulation on the PC that does a correct
VT100(series) or remotely passable Vt2xx/3xx even the the latter have
very similar key layouts. They are universally broken.
Allison