[Info-vax] Alpha Community licenes.

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2022-09-20 20:45, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-09-20, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 9/20/22 14:30, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>
>>> But that isn't how you run C-Kermit.
>>>
>>> You run C-Kermit from a shell (ie: bash) running within a terminal
>>> emulator (ie: xterm) and then use C-Kermit's CONNECT command to
>>> connect to the target system.
>>>
>>> Your terminal emulator provides the required terminal emulation.
>>
>> Xterm is a very poor DEC Emulator.  Not bad if you need
>> Tektronix but otherwise.....
>>
> 
> There's also pterm if you prefer that...
> 
> BTW, you do need a proper keyboard mapping script unfortunately, but
> I find xterm to be quite usable when talking to VMS systems and when
> using the application keypad mode generally.

I agree in principle, but am constantly confused about people saying 
they need to do all kind of keyboard mapping scripts with xterm.

I've been using xterm for over 30 years, and I've never had to do that, 
and been using it against VMS and RSX all the time, and *all* keys work 
as you would expect. Both on old sparc stations, DECstations as well as 
my MacBook Pro's that I use these days. Haven't even changed anything in 
my configuration for the last 20 years or so. Same stuff still works the 
same way across the different platforms.

   Johnny