[Coco] Terminal Emulator

[Barry Nelson]

On 2025-04-25 01:18, coco-request at maltedmedia.com wrote:

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> All,
> 
> I am trying to load a terminal emulator on my CoCo 3 to use with the 
> Linux
> bash shell.
> I am currently using Sock Master's "Twilight Terminal".
> Are there other terminal emulators I should try?
> Is there a VT100 terminal emulator?
> This is what I plan to present at my table at the CoCoFEST! this year.
> 
> John Mark Mobley

In addition to the ones other people have mentioned, there is XCOM-9 
which runs under OS9. It doesn't do VT100, it emulates this terminal 
type (Linux termcap descriptor)
coco3|os9LII|Tandy CoCo3 24*80 OS9 Level II:\
         :am:bs:\
         :co#80:it#8:li#24:\
         :al=^_0:bl=^G:cd=^K:ce=^D:cl=5*\014:cm=2\002%r%+ %+ :\
         :dl=^_1:do=^J:ho=^A:kd=^J:kl=^H:kr=^I:ku=^L:le=^H:mb=^_":\
         :md=\E\:^A:me=\037!\E\:\0:mr=^_\s:nd=^F:se=^_!:so=^_\s:\
         :ue=^_#:up=^I:us=^_":ve=^E!:vi=^E\s:

(teminfo entry)
coco3|os9LII|Tandy CoCo3 24*80 OS9 Level II,
         am,
         cols#80, it#8, lines#24,
         bel=^G, blink=^_", bold=\E\:^A, civis=^E\s,
         clear=\014$<5*/>, cnorm=^E!, cub1=^H, cud1=^J, cuf1=^F,
         cup=\002%p2%' '%+%c%p1%' '%+%c$<2/>, cuu1=^I, dl1=^_1,
         ed=^K, el=^D, home=^A, il1=^_0, kcub1=^H, kcud1=^J, kcuf1=^I,
         kcuu1=^L, rev=^_\s, rmso=^_!, rmul=^_#, sgr0=\037!\E\:\0,
         smso=^_\s, smul=^_",

In addition to displaying text, it can display hires vector and block 
graphics from a remote file. It can also display alternate fons and 
other fancy tricks, but it would require some prep to setup files to 
demonstrate these features. the terminal type you would use in the TERM 
environnment variable is "coco3".