Path: blue.weeg.uiowa.edu!news.uiowa.edu!uunet!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!pv343f.vincent.iastate.edu!ddkilzer From: ddkilzer@iastate.edu (David D Kilzer) Newsgroups: comp.emulators.apple2,comp.sys.apple2.comm Subject: Re: Apple II Commun. Question! Followup-To: comp.sys.apple2.comm Date: 1 Jan 95 21:22:54 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Lines: 103 Message-ID: References: <3e7015$mqe@hustle.rahul.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pv343f.vincent.iastate.edu Xref: blue.weeg.uiowa.edu comp.emulators.apple2:1784 comp.sys.apple2.comm:2573 [Note: Follow-ups redirected to comp.sys.apple2.comm] KevinSinclair@Computer.com writes: >I need a comm package for an Apple II that emulates a vt100 or vt102. >What I need most, is that the arrow keys work - so we can use Lynx to >search the WWW on our Unix Internet host. Sorry to ask about such an >old machine, but it would help out our school! :) I highly recommend ProTerm 3.x, though it costs ~$90. I'm not sure where to get it. This is the last address I had for them: > InTrec Software, Inc. > 3035 E Topaz Cir > Phoenix, AZ 85028-4423 > (Formerly InSync Software, Inc.) > Voice 602/992-1345 > BBS 602/992-9789 > FAX 602/992-0232 > CIS 75300,735 > Delphi InTrec > GEnie InTrec intrec@genie.geis.com > AOL InTrec intrec@aol.com > AppleLink InTrec intrec@applelink.apple.com If those addresses doen't work, check the FAQ for comp.sys.apple2 or (if there is one) for comp.sys.apple2.comm: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/sys/apple2/ ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/sys/apple2/comm/ >It seems that some comm packages for the Apple II that give vt100 ability >do not support the arrow keys. One way to fix this is to change your terminal characteristics to match that of the Apple //. If you know the system administrator, you could hack through a termcap/terminfo entry for your comm program and the sysadmin could install it in their system. Otherwise, I believe you can set the TERMIO (or TERMCAP or TERMINFO) environment variable to the entire entry. Here's a post I saved about a termcap/terminfo entry for ProTerm: >From comp.sys.apple2.comm Fri Aug 20 01:33:26 1993 >Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.comm,comp.sys.apple2.gno >From: aa382@freenet (Marc Sira) >Subject: PSE termcap & terminfo (again) >Message-ID: >Sender: news@freenet.carleton.ca (News Administrator) >Reply-To: aa382@freenet.carleton.ca (Marc Sira) >Organization: The National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada >Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1993 14:18:37 GMT >Lines: 39 > >Someone wrote me and forced me to look at these again ;) and I noticed >that something wasn't working properly; further investigation makes it >obvious that PSE doesn't properly repeat its own screen controls, using >its own repeat command. Oh well. These revised entries fix the problem - >the repeat command is still there, but most software should be cautious >enough not to repeat control codes unless explicitly told to. > >I never would have noticed this if I wasn't being forced to use a csh against >my will . > >Termcap is the first one, terminfo the second. Terminfo entries are compiled >using "tic" (/usr/5bin/tic on Sun systems). > > >ps|pse|proterm-special|ProTerm Special Emulation:\ > :co#80:li#24:is=^N:rs=^N:rp=^R%.%.:am:bs:bw:eo:mi:ms:pt:\ > :nw=^M^J:cr=^M:ta=^I:bl=^G:\ > :mr=^O:me=^N:so=^O:se=^N:as=^P:ae=^N:\ > :cd=^W:ce=^Y:cl=^L:ho=^X:cm=^^%r%+ %+ :ll=^^ 7:\ > :dc=^D:dl=^Z:ic=^F:al=^V:\ > :le=^H:nd=^U:do=^J:up=^K:sf=^J:sr=^K:\ > :kb=^H:kD=\177:kl=^H:kr=^U:kd=^J:ku=^K: > > >pse|proterm-special|ProTerm Special Emulation, > bw, am, eo, mir, msgr, cols#80, lines#24, it#8, rep=^R%p1%c%p2%c, > bel=^G, ht=^I, cr=^M, nel=^M^J, clear=^L, home=^X, > cup=%{30}%c%p2%{32}%+%c%p1%{32}%+%c, ll=%{30}%c%{32}%c%{55}%c, > cub1=^H, cuf1=^U, cud1=^J, cuu1=^K, ind=^J, ri=^K, > el=^Y, ed=^W, dch1=^D, dl1=^Z, ich1=^F, il1=^V, > smacs=^P, rmacs=^N, rev=^O, smso=^O, rmso=^N, sgr0=^N, is2=^N, rs1=^N, > kbs=^H, kdch1=\177, kent=^M, kcub1=^H, kcuf1=^U, kcud1=^J, kcuu1=^K, > acsc=+U\,H.J0NIC-K`[aVhWjMmTn]oLqSsIt_uZvIwLx|~@, > >-- >Marc Sira | >aa382@freenet.carleton.ca | "Your god drinks...p-p-peach nectar." >toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca ' You can find out what all that stuff means by reading the manual pages for termcap and/or terminfo (``man termcap'' or ``man terminfo''). Hope this helps! Dave -- David D. Kilzer \ ``I do not fear computers. ddkilzer@iastate.edu / I fear the lack of them.'' Computer Engineer 4 \ Iowa State University, Ames / -- Isaac Asimov