[Coco] V-Term here... [Color Computer] Re: Terminal Program

[Roger Merchberger]

On 11/14/2010 08:04 PM, Little John wrote:
> V-Term + Manual is here:
> http://gimechip.com/files/V-Term_GIMMESOFT.7z

 > I will leave it up a couple of days before taking it down.

John,

Before it "went away" I downloaded it, and I mirrored it on (one of) my 
own site:

http://zmerch.30below.com/coco

(That URL will take you to a list of the files in that directory.)

The filename is the same, but I did cut-n-paste your included directions 
and created a small howto with the filename vterm.html.

I did this so that the software would have a "more permanent" host on 
the web... but if I shouldn't have done this, then let me know and I 
will remove it immediately.

=-=-= and =-=-=

>> I received some offlist requests to transfer Gene's VT220.AR
>> to a disk image. I have done so and extracted it
>> as well.
>> It is a 360K ".os9" disk image:
>> http://gimechip.com/files/vt220.zip
>> I will leave it up for a few days before removing it.
>> -JohnT

I have also downloaded this, and put it in the same directory.

There are also a few non-term files (manuals & files for the bluetooth 
pak I ordered from Roger a while ago and just dusted off recently, etc.) 
and if there's any interest to have anything else hosted more 
permanently for the CoCo, I'd be happy to host it there.

If 70G (current amount free) isn't enough, I have another 80G that's 
over half available in that server; it's just a 'mount /dev/sda' away. 
;-) If that's not enough... I have a 1U rackmount Dell with a pair of 
160G SATA drives... If we need more space *than that* I'll need to take 
up collections for a pair of 1T drives to replace the 160's...

My hosting's not "ultra speedy" so don't be surprised if your downloads 
aren't nearly so fast (I have a 512Kbit up speed) but I'm happy to leave 
the files here for as long as necessary. I have static IP addresses on 
my line so dyndns isn't necessary, and I've had the domain & active 
servers with it for almost 15 years [1], I don't plan on changing that 
anytime soon... ;-)

[1] 4th server in that timeframe, but I still have the 3rd server, its 
mobo needs 2 capacitors replaced... the first was a 120Mhz Cyrix 6x86, 
OC'd to 133 (whoohoo, eh? ;-) and it supported several websites, a 
couple of which actually got mentioned on TechTV, *way* back before the 
.com crash when TechTV didn't suck. ;-) The server handled a *lot* of 
hits in one month's span... (well, not compared to nowadays...)

But I digress... ;-)

[[ Parts of original message that had useful info follows... ]]

>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Heskett"
>> <gene.heskett at gmail.com>
>> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 10:29 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Re: Terminal Program
>>
>>> On Sunday, November 14, 2010 11:22:27 am Little John did opine:
>>>
>>>> Oh, by the way, as this thread was supposed to be about terminal
>>>> emulators requiring 128K rather than 512K,
>>>> I use V-Term. It emulates VT52 and VT100 terminals, runs in 128K
>>>> (with a
>>>> 40K buffer) and even works with ADOS-3 if you have it. Yes, it's a Disk
>>>> BASIC based program. If you are using Nitros or OS-9, look at the files
>>>> Gene suggested.
>>>
>>> And I forgot to mention that vt220.ar was done on a 512k coco3 at my old
>>> office, one of those must work situations when the only vt-220
>>> terminal we
>>> had, died and dec wanted about a kilobuck for a new vt-550. I don't
>>> believe it needs more than 128k though.
>>>
>>> IIRC I also put zmodem triggers in it too, however that may need more
>>> than
>>> 128k to fork the rzsz stuffs. Terminal proggies aren't a lot of good
>>> if you can't move files with them. ;)
>>>
>>>> To the original poster of this thread, contact me if you need V-Term
>>>> and the manual (offlist)....
>>>> JohnT

[[ snippage ]]

>>>> >>>> >> > --- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "seanrussoct08"
>>>> >>>> >> > <seanruss at ...>
>>>> >>>> >>
>>>> >>>> >> wrote:
>>>> >>>> >> > > Hi Everyone,
>>>> >>>> >> > >
>>>> >>>> >> > > I wondered, are there any terminal programs out there that
>>>> >>>> >> > > don't require 512K?
>>>> >>>> >> >
>>>> >>>> >> > V-Term, Mickeyterm or Greg-E-Term.
>>>> >>>> >> > Is it for RSDos or OS9?
>>>> >>>> >>
>>>> >>>> >> There is also the original VT-100, and my version, vt220.ar
>>>> with
>>>> >>>> >> some added esc stuffs that made it VT-220 compatible. Both for
>>>> CoCo3/os9 systems.
>>>> >>>> >>
>>>> >>>> >> <http://gene.homelinux.net:85/gene/stuff4george/vt220.ar>
>>>> >>>> >>
>>>> >>>> >> -- >> Cheers, Gene
>>>> >>>> >> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>>>> >>>> >> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>>>> >>>> >> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)

[[ I did have to leave this on here... just because... ;-) ]]

Thanks!
Roger "Merch" Merchberger