OOPS - NOT vt52, VT100 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

25 Mar 2003

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   What about
software that will emulate a VT100 on a PC?  
 Not that I'm the original requestor (I have VT52s, VT100s, VT220s
 and VT240s, myself), but if one is going to consider using an
 emulator, one has to ask does it do double-high-double-wide?  132 column?
 Have a PF1/Gold key for EDT, etc.? 
That's the *real* trick, finding *anything* that comes close to giving you
keypad support along with any other features that you might require.  I can
live without the double-high-double-wide and 132 column, but I've got to
have the keypad!

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  I use emulators because I have to, but occasionally I
find times where I
 _really_ want a terminal (and not just 'cause it looks right).  OTOH, if
 I need to force-feed stuff down the throat of a classic system, even
 an xterm window that's connected in some way to a serial port (kermit,
 typically), is a great way to go. 
I find that the following script, that I got off of USENET a few years ago,
is able to turn a Xterm into a usable VT100 (with keypad support).
ftp://zane.brouhaha.com/pub/vms/vt100.sh

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  But, I suspect, in this case, it's simple
aesthetics - the VT100 was
 the dominant terminal when the 11/44 was current.  It's nice to have
 the proper accessories for ones vintage machines. 
I think Jay said as much, and I know that is why I've got a DECwriter II and
three VT100's.  They're for my /44, despite the fact that I really prefer a
VT420 (and that's all I've used on the /44 so far).  Still I've got them so
that should I ever want, I can set the /44 up for a 'museum type' display.

			Zane