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From: ccplumb@rose.uwaterloo.ca (Colin Plumb)
Subject: Re: SWM seeks Terminal Program for Lasting Relationship
Message-ID: <1991Jan24.235514.7711@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Sender: daemon@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Owner of Many System Processes)
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Date: Thu, 24 Jan 91 23:55:14 GMT
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I'm using Handshake V2.12a, and am quite happy with it.

jwz@lucid.com (Jamie Zawinski) wrote:
>What I want in a terminal program:
>
>o  the ability to display 132x48 characters on a standard monitor

Yes.  48 lines uses interlace, though.  And the 132-column font isn't
particularly legible.  Still, just to make a point, I'm using it as
I type this and it's okay.

>o  the ability to use 7 data bits, 1 stop bit, even parity (you'd be
>   surprised how many so-called terminal programs can't do this...)

Works fine.

>o  a good scripting language

Failure: Handshake 2.12a has none whatsoever.  It has an auto-dialer,
interprets CONNECT nnnn messages, and keeps a small directory, but
nothing that can even retry two number alternately.

>o  vt100 emulation (or any terminal able to display inverse-video 
>   characters)  (that is, not vt52)

Terminal type options: vt51, vt102, vt220 with 7-bit controls,
vt220 with 8-bit controls.  Correctly does inverse video, double
height, double width, and the whole works.  There is some small
aspect of vt220 emulation (downloadable fonts or keymaps, I
think) that isn't implemented, but *everything* else is.  There
are no known bugs in the vt100 emulation, and people have looked.

(Let me read off the Terminal menu: Terminal Type (as above), Line
Wrap (On/Off), Scroll Mode (Jump/Smooth), Cursor (Block/Underline,
Non-Blinking/Blinking), Local Echo (On/Off), Set Tabs, Answer Back
(Set, Transmit), Caharacter Set (ASCII/UK), New Line Mode (On/Off),
Screen Mode (Normal/Reverse), Columns/Line (80/132), Screen Format
(24 line interlace off/24 line half screen/24 line interlace/48 lines),
Bksp & Del (Normal/Reversed), Bell Type (Audio/Visual/Both/None),
Margin Bell (On/Off), Display Mode (Monochrome/Colour).  Add the
Setup menu and you basically have the vt100's setup menu.)

>o  correct operation at both 1200 and 9600 baud

I'm using it at 19,200 now and it works fine.  If I set it to 48
lines, 132 column, turn flow control off, and dump 3K of full-speed
data at it (ats76? on the Trailblazer), I can make it drop characters.
Changing to 80 columns, 24 lines or turning flow control on
eliminates the problems.

My main complaint with Handshake is no Zmodem.  Ymodem batch and Kermit,
but I like Zmodem for its speed.  And, I just discovered today, while
turning RTS/CTS handshaking on, it drops DTR for a moment.  Oh, well,
ats52=0 (ignore DTS).
-- 
	-Colin
