DEC VT102

From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com <(CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com)>
Date: Sun Nov 22 16:23:36 1998

> Big time right on. Being an exDEC terminals and printers widget I have
> yet to find a terminal emulation on the PC that does a correct
> VT100(series) or remotely passable Vt2xx/3xx even the the latter have
> very similar key layouts. They are universally broken.

The vast majority of emulators out there (both freeware and commercial)
are badly broken. The closest I've found is:

1. MS-DOS Kermit from http://www.columbia.edu/~kermit/ (unfortunately,
    this page seems to be broken this weekend; but you can always ftp
    from ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/
2. DEC LK250 keyboard (VT-220-type key layout, plugs into a PC-clone.)
3. The LK250 config file that comes with MS-DOS Kermit.

There are some failings of the above combination, but it works
fine with me for 99.99% of the stuff I have to do.

A very excellent emulator test is Dickey's "vttest"; see
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/vttest/ for details.

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