[Coco] Is it possible to use that as a remote OS-9 terminal ?

[goosey]

Termcap stuff should be fine with it, what little there is. Termset software should also work (again not popular). Dynacalc, sculptor, any any other software that lets you set terminal codes could be made to work.

Unfortunately most CoCo OS9 software is hardcoded for the Coco's (frankly bizarre) terminal.

Willard

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-------- Original message --------
From "Mark J. Blair" <nf6x at nf6x.net> 
Date: 10/12/2013  4:06 PM  (GMT-07:00) 
To CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com> 
Subject Re: [Coco] Is it possible to use that as a remote OS-9 terminal ? 
 

On Oct 10, 2013, at 06:58 , Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) <retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/DATA-TERMINAL-Radio-Shack-Tandy-DT100-for-TRS80-Model-16-16B-user-station-/231069455852?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item35ccd015ec
> 
> probably one needs the RS232 for that ?


That DT100 physically looks a lot like a Wyse 950 terminal that I recently acquired, particularly with that custom keyboard connector. I googled a bit and found this comment:

"The DT-100 is really a WYSE 75, that does a reasonable job of ANSI emulation.
Its designer is somewhere in Taiwan." (from https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.sys.tandy/d29HONFYU5A)

That doesn't directly answer your question, but it may be easier to answer "will a (common) Wyse 75 work well as an OS-9 terminal" than "will a Tandy DT100 work well as an OS-9 terminal".

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