[Coco] Best terminal program with PC Ascii support?

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Thu Mar 4 19:01:00 EST 2010


As I mentioned in my earlier message, the author is "enthusiastic"
about having V-Term posted.  Do you have a copy?

Art
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Bill <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com> wrote:

> I'd be happy to post the program on my BBS. Let me know if it's o.k.
>
> Take care
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-
> > bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Flexser
> > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 3:47 PM
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Best terminal program with PC Ascii support?
> >
>  > Encouraging news....I emailed Tim Kientzle, the author of V-term, and
> > quickly heard back from him.
> > He has located a disk containing the next-to-last version (2.0) of the
> > program, and is still looking for the latest version (3.0).  He said
> > he'd be
> > happy to send the program, with the manual, to anyone who wants to make
> > copies.  Anybody here want to volunteer to post the program and manual
> > someplace where people can access it?
> >
> > Tim said he was very flattered that there is still any interest in the
> > program 25 years after he wrote it, and "enthusiastically" supports its
> > posting.  He also was glad to hear of Dennis' hosting the list and
> > keeping
> > the "old times" alive.
> >
> > Art
> > Art
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Todd Wallace <dragonbytes at cox.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Been looking for V-term. Can't find it anywhere on the net.  Also
> > Roger, it
> > > would be GREAT if you could release your term program. I bet its
> > awesome :)
> > >
> > > On Feb 28, 2010, at 9:13 PM, Roger Taylor wrote:
> > >
> > > > I wrote Net-Mate somewhere around 1990 or so, and fiddled with it
> > over
> > > the years.  I never released this terminal program because it wasn't
> > really
> > > complete enough to hand out, but since it's modular and uses plug-ins
> > like
> > > Projector-3 does, I could try to build a basic copy of it with a few
> > > emulation drivers and file transfer protocol drivers.
> > > >
> > > > Net-Mate can display the graphics characters we use to see on the
> > "fancy"
> > > BBSes back in the day.  I think it does 8 FG and 8 BG colors which
> > looks
> > > very nice but the font is a reduced pixel font similar to those old
> > 51
> > > character patches for BASIC.  It looks nice and has pop-up windows
> > and a
> > > menu bar up top.
> > > >
> > > > I can make a Rainbow IDE project out of Net-Mate when I get time so
> > One
> > > could just load it up and click GO to build the .dsk image of the
> > program,
> > > and maybe even finish the dern thing.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At 08:04 PM 2/28/2010, you wrote:
> > > >> On Sunday 28 February 2010, Arthur Flexser wrote:
> > > >> >V-term, formerly sold by Gimmesoft, had an outstanding VT-100
> > emulation
> > > and
> > > >> >I believe could run in 128K.  Where to find a copy now, I have no
> > idea.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >Art
> > > >> >
> > > >> And my hack of vt-100 to make it vt-220 compatible also runs fine
> > on a
> > > 128k
> > > >> coco. I used it regularly to call up the cbs satellite systems
> > computer.
> > >  Its
> > > >> out there someplace as 'vt-220.lha' or some such.
> > > >>
> > > >> >On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Todd Wallace
> > <dragonbytes at cox.net>
> > > wrote:
> > > >> >> Hey guys,
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> I used Ultimaterm for many years as my primary terminal program
> > on
> > > the
> > > >> >> coco3 for BBSing.  The one shortfall of that program was the
> > lack of
> > > >> >> proper PC ASCII characters.  BBS menus borders and such would
> > appear
> > > as
> > > >> >> strange characters instead of vertical or horizontal lines.
> > The only
> > > >> >> program I know of that can do the proper ASCII codes is
> > Twilight
> > > >> >> Terminal, however it requires 512k and i'm stuck with 128k.  Do
> > you
> > > guys
> > > >> >> know of any other terminal program for coco3 that can properly
> > > display
> > > >> >> such ASCII characters with 128k?  Thanks
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> - Todd Wallace
> > > >> >>
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