TRW Acquisitions, VCF

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Mon Feb 2 14:30:45 1998

At 08:30 AM 2/2/98 -0800, you wrote:
>allisonp_at_world.std.com (Allison J Parent) wrote:
>> < I'd like to get away from having to use a terminal. The only terminal
>> <I have are big HP things and I don't know if they would work with the
>> <Altair (too fast?, block mode instead of character mode?)
>>
>> The hp thing would not work. Try and scrounge up a vt100 or other more
>> commonplace terminal vt100, vt220, heath/zenith h19, PC running Procomm
>> or other term program.
>
>Remember complaints about programmers thinking "all the world's a
>VAX"? Now it's time to work on the ones who think "all the world's a
>VT100."
>
>I used to use an HP2645 as a terminal on a Compupro CP/M system, so
>am sure it can be done. But it definitely depends on the expectations
>of the software running on the computer. If it isn't assuming
>anything more capable than a Teletype, things will be fine. If your
>BIOS or other terminal I/O support wants the terminal to do ^S/^Q flow
>control it will be disappointed (264xs don't, 262xs and later can be
>configured to do so but don't by default). If your applications
>expect the terminal to act like a VT100 by way of responding to VT100
>or ANSI escape sequences (i.e. suffering from "all the world's a
>VT100" disease) then the easiest thing to do is to get a VT100-alike
>as Allison suggests.
>
>All that said, if you want help getting the HP terminal working feel
>free to ask. If you'd sooner use a terminal emulator on some other
>computer, that's OK too and probably more functional.
>
>-Frank McConnell


   Thanks Frank. I have two HP 2626s coming. I'd like give them a try just
for kicks. I understand that they'll support up to four sessions
simultanously. Seems stange to think of running the Altair via something
like that.

   I do have some junk VT-320s that I had forgotten about. I'll see if one
of them works in the mean time.

  Joe
Received on Mon Feb 02 1998 - 14:30:45 GMT