[Info-vax] EMU-vm follow-up

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Vertis Sidus wrote 2012-08-04 23:51:
> On 2012-08-04, Paul Sture <paul at sture.ch> wrote:
>> A SET TERM/INQUIRE gives me VT200 here, but it isn't (EDIT/TPU outputs
>> "garbage"). SET TERM/VT100 gets me started, though the numeric keypad in
>> TPU is way off and doesn't appear to work at all in EDT.  Things like
>> MONITOR MODE and MONITOR SYSTEM display correctly.
>
> That's about what I've experienced - Output works about as well as I can
> expect it to, input is basically awful. The first thing I type in any
> session is SET TERM/VT100/WIDTH=80/INSERT (I haven't set up a LOGIN.COM
> yet because I haven't got a text editor figured out; obviously I'm at a
> very early stage).

You can create a one-line LOGIN.COM with :

$ create login.com
$ SET TERM/VT100/WIDTH=80/INSERT
<ctrl-Z>
$

The "$" on the second line (with the SET TERM command) is entered
by you, the line is empty and CREATE is waiting for input.
ctrl-Z exits CREATE and closes the LOGIN.COM file.


>
> I've all but given up on finding a remotely accurate VT100 emulator.  At
> this point I'm just waiting for the MESS team to get theirs working.
>
> I may just buy a VT. I know a place that sometimes has them for not much
> money. The main thing that's been holding me back is desk space.
>