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Re: simple terminal emulation?

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From: Ray Spalding
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:43
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In article <Nov15.200843.16503@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> ns111310@longs.lance.colostate.edu writes:
>I am looking for a simple terminal program that will allow
>for vt100, TTY and ANSI emulation... just something simple
>for calling BBS's....
>because it is so expensive....
>Also,  if I can't find one, I may write my own, but is there a 
>set of serial port objects out there that would mke this a tad
>easier??

You should be able to use the system "tip" command
from a Terminal window.  "tip" does the async communication;
Terminal handles the vt100 emulation.

If you want to work on your own, you can get the
source code for "tip" and "tipx" from ftp.uu.net.




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