From: CRDGW2::CRDGW2::MRGATE::"SMTP::ANDREW.CMU.EDU::RL1B+IDM.ERR" 30-JUN-1989 23:56 To: MRGATE::"ARISIA::EVERHART" Subj: Re: Terminal Emulation Software wanted for DEC Rainbow Received: by po5.andrew.cmu.edu (5.54/3.15) id ; Fri, 30 Jun 89 23:28:41 EDT Received: via switchmail for info-dec-micro+@andrew.cmu.edu; Fri, 30 Jun 89 23:28:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from po3.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 30 Jun 89 23:23:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU by po3.andrew.cmu.edu (5.54/3.15) id for info-dec-micro; Fri, 30 Jun 89 23:23:01 EDT Received: by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (5.61/1.37) id AA05077; Fri, 30 Jun 89 20:13:25 -0700 Received: from USENET by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU with netnews for info-dec-micro@andrew.cmu.edu (info-dec-micro@andrew.cmu.edu) (contact usenet@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU if you have questions) Date: 1 Jul 89 01:57:11 GMT From: rochester!rit!ritcv!iav1917@rutgers.edu (alan i. vymetalik) Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Subject: Re: Terminal Emulation Software wanted for DEC Rainbow Message-Id: <1184@cs.rit.edu> References: <5509@misadel.oz>, <3053@rti.UUCP> Sender: info-dec-micro-request@andrew.cmu.edu To: info-dec-micro@andrew.cmu.edu In article <3053@rti.UUCP> bcw@rti.UUCP (Bruce Wright) writes: >In article <5509@misadel.oz>, jeremy@misadel.oz (Jeremy Begg) writes: >> Is there a terminal emulation program for the Rainbow which allows it to >> function as a VT200- or VT300-series terminal? Any help would be much >> appreciated. > >LCTERM is a pretty decent terminal emulation program for the DEC Rainbow. >The most recent version of the program is a commercial product (I think >it also runs on the IBM-PC), but some of the earlier versions were freeware >(technically not public domain because the author retained the copyright >but granted permission to copy provided no money changed hands). > >It allows the use of the full keyboard (unlike the builtin terminal >emulation software). It does not however -quite- emulate a VT220 - some >of the escape sequences for the 220 are not emulated properly. It looks >sort of like a VT102 with an LK201 keyboard - which VMS is quite happy >with by the way. In most practical usage you wouldn't notice that it >isn't quite a correct VT220/VT320 emulation - only if you do a lot of >terminal escape sequence hacking. > >LCTERM supports KERMIT and XMODEM file transfer protocols as well. >Bruce C. Wright Ah, how soon we forget... Or, maybe Bruce didn't know about... Stew Stryker and Ian Fraser's public domain VT220/VT241 emulator called TurboComm II is out there!. The latest version I have on hand is dated 6-19-87, though I think I have a later version in my pile of PD disks. TurboComm supports ASCII, Xmodem, and Telink file transfers. It's slick piece of public domain software for the Rainbow. Too bad a lot of the "commercial" Rainbow stuff looked and worked as well as LCTERM and TurboComm. If you can't dig this up on a Rainbow BBS somewhere (try the Hitch- Hiker's Guide at 1-315-589-7361 - it's a 67MB Rainbow 100B holding a ton of Rainbow software...), send me a diskette and I'll mail it back with the program and any other little tidbits that might fit (just specify what you're looking for). Enjoy, Alan -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mail: Alan I. Vymetalik, Prism Software Designs, 2244 East Avenue #5 Rochester, New York, 14610-2518, USA Phone: (716)-271-8528 uucp: {seismo}!rochester!ritcv!iav1917 BITNET: aiv1917@ritvax -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-