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cdvaugha@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Chris Vaughan) writes:

> In the first place, it doesn't map the keypad at all. For my part I
> use the keypad in mail and in EVE. You can modify the MAC and PAD
> definitions, but this is a pain. I had to look at my old comm
> programs which DID map it to see what the right codes should be.

It does map it all right. You just have to 1) set your keyboard 
to "enhanced" in the Options/Mouse & keyboard menu
2)if yin majority cases you need non-destructive backspace rename
vt102del.pad into vt102.pad
For pad assignments see manual or *.pad files. The *.mac show you the
function keys assignments -- also preset to emulate vt102 keyboard.

> Second, many comm programs allow you to change the backspace key in
> a menu or for each individual directory entry. What if I want to use
> VT102 on different systems which want different backspace codes?

Telemate allows you to do the same: in Dial menu, select Edit and
the second page of configuration has section "Toggles", one of the
selection toggles "destructiveness" of the backspace for the
individual dialing entry.
The setting in the Options/Terminal menu is in effect only when you
start telemate and something is already on-line, or you switch
terminal emulations during session, i.e. when the terminal is set not
through the dialing.

> Telemate is a great program, but its not just a configuration
> problem.  VT102 is just not that well implemented in comparison with
> other programs.
It has problems but they are generally not what people think. Most of the
times it is their laziness which leads them to say "blah-blah is not
implemented" In my experience, and I am using Telemate to connect to
Unix, VMS and VM hosts, it has extremely flexible and dependable 
keyboard/terminal VT102 emulation. Of course having vt320 would not
hurt either...
RTFM!
Zhenya