[Info-vax] Open source terminal emulators, was: Re: DECnet Phase IV broken after VSI update

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> 8 bit support is a critical feature. 
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PuTTY does do 8-bit; note that Putty's identification sequence is hard-coded, so SET TERM /INQUIRE will always identify it as a VT102.

You can override this by setting the terminal type manually. SET TERM /DEV=<pick> /EIGHT. You can even make color work if you set the color attribute manually. 

It also helps if you set the font to DEC MCS.  :-)