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      > From ihnp4!cbatt!neoucom!wtm Mon Oct  6 15:14:04 1986
      > From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew)
      > Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
      > Subject: Changing parameters for "tekterm2"
      > Summary: use the keypad + key!

      > Hi, if you are like me you probably just about went bonkers trying
      > to figure out how the heck to actually alter the parameters used in
      > the recently posted "tekterm2" Tektronix 4010 shareware terminal
      > emulator.

      > Here's the digs.  Alt-S or just pressing S when you are starting up
      > the program will get you the setup screen.  Pressing the up / down
      > arrows on the keypad will move the highlighted cursor to the
      > various parameters.  Pressing the "+" on the keypad will cycle the
      > parameters through their available values.

      > Once you've got the program running, it seems to work reasonably
      > well.  The vt100 emulation seems to have been [intentionally]
      > omited from the version 1.5 distributed on the net.  I suppose if
      > you license yourself, they'll give you the new version, 2.

      > Does anybody know the difference between tekterm2.exe and tt.exe
      > other than the opening screen are?  (If any)

      > Bill Mayhew

Here are my experiences with tekterm2.exe and tt.exe - 

 - tt.exe does not show the opening message screen (tekterm2 does)
 - tt.exe echoes characters locally in full duplex mode while not echoeing
   characters locally in half duplex mode (in tekterm2 it is the other way
   around)
 - tt.exe seems to handle graphics o.k. but tekterm2, in the graphics
   mode, adds a "_" character at the end of text that is very annoying.

I had no trouble getting into the set-up screen but what Bill says (above)
is correct. There is no way to tell which option you are on without pressing
the "+" key, which changes the option. I could not figure out how to 
automatically load a configuration file at start-up. The other things I
found out were 1) the program seems to be written in compiled basic and
2) tt.exe does not seem to need the .ovl files while tekterm2 does. It is
also not clear what protocol is used to upload/download.

Overall, the program is very lacking in documentation, configurability and
support of higher resolution graphics ( > 600x200). But it's shareware/P.D.
and will do graphics.

All opinions are my own.

Venu P. Gopal, ihnp4!ihuxk!vg55611