Many things

[Zane H. Healy]

>  > I wonder what percentage of classic systems insists on real terminals vs.
>>  terminal emulation.
>
>I've found so many bugs in certain so-called 'VT100 Emulators' (not
>running on any of my machines, I hasten to add!) that I feel the only
>thing I can actually trust to work on a PDP11 or VAX is a real DEC
>terminal. At least I like to have them around to determine if
>mis-formatted output is due to problems on the DEC side or yet another
>bug on the PC side...
>
>That said, I do find terminal emulators useful. I use my HP95LX Palmtop
>as a 'pocket terminal' when sorting out a minicomputer. It's easier to
>stick that on top of the CPU cards than find somewhere to balance a VT52
>:-) . I like ot have some kind of terminal emulator, even just a dumb
>teletype one, on every machine with a keyboard, display, and RS232 port.
>
>-tony

I've yet to find a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does accurate 
VT100 emulation.  I've found a couple that come fairly close, but 
they always seem to fail to support one feature or another that I 
feel that I need (usually the keypad, which I absolutely do need). 
The closest I've managed to come is an XTerm when I run X-Windows 
with a custom .Xmodmap.

I have a VT420 that's plugged into my OpenVMS and Unix server's 
consoles, and I have another in another room that is the Console for 
my PDP-11's.  My problem is I don't really have room on my desk for a 
VT420 :^(  Still, thanks to having to replace my old monitor, I might 
find almost enough room if I were to do a little careful rearranging. 
I really miss having a VT420 connected to a DECserver next to my desk 
that I can use for normal interaction with my VMS system.

			Zane


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