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Re: PC-VT emulator; other VT emulators for PC's

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From: Steve Neighorn
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1986 07:04
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In article <650@aesat.UUCP> rwh@aesat.UUCP (Russ Herman) writes:
>As a contributor to the VT100 emulator test program, I can state that I have
>yet to see a software-based emulator that passes it, including Xtalk 3.6,
>Procomm 2.4, and PC-VT. If anyone discovers one that does, please announce!
>Since the tester is PD, hopefully it will be picked up and used by the
>developers of comms packages.

I have seen one program pass both the DEC STORE test and the VTCOMPAT.TXT
program (as it is known on the BBS's in this little part of the country.)
The program is called Professional YAM, and both files pass with flying
colors - windows, scrolling, PC colors, ANSI graphics, etc. CrossTalk,
Pibterm, Copylink II, ProComm, etc all have problems at one place or
another in both of the tests.

Information requests on Pro-YAM can be serviced by sending mail to
....!tektronix!reed!omen!caf on UUCP. And, of course, I have no affiliation 
with the makers of Pro-YAM other than I like to see excellent software
become popular and mediocre software pass to the lower parts of the earth.
-- 
Steven C. Neighorn               tektronix!reed!percival!qiclabs!neighorn
Portland Public Schools      "Where we train young Star Fighters to defend the
(503) 249-2000 ext 229           frontier against Xur and the Ko-dan Armada"
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From: neighorn@percival.UUCP (Steve Neighorn)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: PC-VT emulator; other VT emulators for PC's
Message-ID: <242@percival.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Oct-86 03:04:01 EDT
Article-I.D.: percival.242
Posted: Thu Oct 16 03:04:01 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Oct-86 04:02:11 EDT
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Organization: Percy's UNIX, Portland, OR.
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