[Coco] Terminal Emulator

[gene heskett]

On 4/26/25 04:28, Andrew Ayers via Coco wrote:
> Hello! I found a copy (well, 2 copies - each a different version) of 
> Xcom-9 (on the archive), but I couldn't find a manual; is the manual 
> included in the DSK image (I haven't looked at it, may be my "next 
> stop")? I was mainly curious on how you do the "special modes" and 
> such you mentioned?
>
IIRC the OP specifically asked about VT-100, which probably dates back 
to DEC's PDP-8 days. By the time the PDP-11/23 & VT-220 came out, and 
CBS bought palates of them to run their 7 meter C band dish, Brian 
Marquette's VT-100 did all the odd things the PDP-11/23 needed, but the 
VT-220 introduced the esc key as the trigger.  That AFAIK was the main 
diff, and it didn't take me more than 30 minutes to incorporate the esc 
key changes so it did both. x-com9 had none of that stuff in it at the 
time. Which is the early 90's.  So if VT-100 is what the OP needs, Brian 
Marquette's VT-100 is just the ticket. Well written, dead stable, it 
Just Worked.  I believe, memory is hazy after 40 some years, that my 
version also got rzsz triggers too.  Version 3.36 of rzsz also has a new 
table driven crc generator that upped its overall speed to around 700 
cps, the original from Omen Technology, only did about 450 cps.  All 
this of coarse is os9 level 2 stuff.  And assumes a modified multipack 
so it didn't throw away IRQ's while writing or reading from the hard drive.
> Andrew L. Ayers
> Glendale, Arizona
> phoenixgarage.org
> github.com/andrew-ayers
>
> On 4/25/25 10:18 PM, coco-request at maltedmedia.com wrote:
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 02:42:14 -0400
>> From: Barry Nelson<barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com>
>> To:coco at maltedmedia.com,johnmarkmelanie at gmail.com
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Terminal Emulator
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>> On 2025-04-25 01:18,coco-request at maltedmedia.com  wrote:
>>
>> In addition to the ones other people have mentioned, there is XCOM-9
>> which runs under OS9. It doesn't do VT100, it emulates this terminal
>> type (Linux termcap descriptor)
>
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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