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From: jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: VT220/VT340 Terminal emulation?
Date: 14 Sep 92 11:55:58 GMT
Organization: FAA Technical Center, Atlantic City NJ

barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett) writes:

>>|>Anyone know of a commercial or PD comms package that will correctly emulate
>>|>VT220 and VT340 terminals?  I need to connect to a Sun and use Word Perfect

>   What the original poster was looking for was a VT240/340 emulator.  There
>are **LIGHT-YEARS** of differences between the VT220 and VT240.  VT240 is
>as big a step up from VT220 as the A4000 is from the A1000.  

  Read that posters quote again, he was looking for 220/340.

>   VT240 terminals handle 400x200 Regis and Sixel color bitmapped graphics,
>with 8 colors.  VT340 terminals handle Regis graphics (same resolution 
>and color capability as on a VT240), and Sixel graphics at a resolution of
>800x600 with 16 colors out of 4096.  (I recently wrote a simple script
>to view GIFs on a VT340 terminal, and the results are better than on an
>Amiga 3000)

  Pretty sure that the 240 is a monochrome beast while the 340 was the color
version.

  -jack-
From: Roger_Martensson@p3.f607.n901.z92.badnet.bad.se (Roger Martensson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Problem un-lharcing Ncomm
Date: 7 Sep 92 22:46:09 GMT
Reply-To: Roger_Martensson@p3.f607.n901.z92.badnet.bad.se (Roger Martensson)
Organization: The Third Point, Mellansel, Sweden
OD-Comment-To: Paul_Freeman

In a message (written  6-Sep-92, 14:16:00) to Paul Freeman you wrote:

 PF> From: prf@otter.hpl.hp.com (Paul Freeman)


 PF> This isnt really a comms problem, but here it is. I down loaded
 PF> Ncomm20.lha from fish disk 621. However I cant decompress this, I get
 PF> a message that suggests that the version of lharc which I have is out
 PF> of date.
 PF> Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the correct lharc for
 PF> decompressing NComm20.lha?
 PF> I get the message -lh5- compression mode required or something like
 PF> that:?

You're probably using a unpacker that doesn't support the -lh5- compression
method. Why not try to find LhA?

/Rm - InterNet: Roger_Martensson@p3.f607.n901.z92.badnet.bad.se
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From: colindse@nmsu.EDU (LINDSEY)
Subject: TERM2.3 problem with clipping text
Organization: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 07:16:31 GMT

What gives?  When clipping text the four-arrow cursor will slide smoothly and 
then hang for second causing jerky movement.  This makes it very dificult to
do precise cuts. Also if I move the cursor around fast it will sometime lock
my computer completely (no keyboard or mouse input anyway).  Everything 
considered TERM is an excellent terminal program though.

Regards,
Coy Lindsey
From: yury@bknight.jpr.com (Yury German)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: USENET
Distribution: world
X-NewsSoftware: Amiga GRn 1.16c (6/22/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Date: 12 Sep 92 12:34:43 GMT
Organization: Blue Knight Productions

	Is there a BBS amiga software that will handle USENET/INTERNET
news plus EMAIL for each user??

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From: luumu@whirpool.pp.fi (Janne Saarme)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Help with DLG-Pro Needed
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Date: 7 Sep 92 21:18:50 GMT+2
Organization: Captain Converse

In article <LAUWILLI.92Sep5014320@dante.nmsu.edu> lauwilli@nmsu.edu (WILLIAMS) writes:

> I have DLG-Pro up and running I only have one small problem. That is 
> when the caller logoff it locks the screen up and I haft to re-boot
> my computer.

I have also sometimes that very nasty problem. Remove all your own
commands in TR0.Startup. Tom maybe explain better why screen locks.


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: jgodfrey@zeus.calpoly.edu (Jon David "JET" Godfrey)
Subject: Re: DLG Support BBS   *** Numbers Posted Here ***
Organization: The Flight Deck II BBS 
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 06:40:34 GMT

For those seeking information on DLG Professional, new numbers have just
been received from Tom Conroy, author.  Please spread this information
as much as possible!
       __
      ///                        
 __  ///  - Tom Conroy -           UUCP: telepro!tom_conroy@access.usask.ca
 \\\///  ----------------          FIDO: 1:140/90 (CM)
  \XX/   DLG Professional          TelePro BBS ** Multiline **
 -------------------------------
 Bulletin Board Operating System
 
                      >>  (403) 347-3262 (HST)    <<
                      >>  (403) 347-3269 (v.32)   <<
                      >>  (403) 341-7826 (voice)  <<


[ This is the information that I received from Tom.  I know for fact that the
  v.32 line number is correct.  As for the others, I am assuming so. ]



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From: mjl@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Maurice J. LeBrun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: DNET auto startup
Date: 14 Sep 92 08:18:33 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <lb2222INNr09@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu> levi@galoob.cs.utk.edu (David Levi) writes:
>My next question about DNET is......
>Is there any way to automate the startup of DNET?  Like some kind
>of script which would run dnet, dial my ATDT, and log me into the
>system, and then start the unix dnet?  Could this be done with AREXX?
>Has anybody done it?  If not, does anybody want to give me some hints as to
>how to do it, and I'll give it a try?  Thanks.

That would be nice.  But barring a script capability in DNET, you can come
close by using a different term program to log on, then exit and run DNET.
You just need to tell the modem to ignore DTR.  I use VLT to dial up, set
terminal parameters, log on, and then exit.  Then I run dnet.  I suppose it
could even be done in a script if you wanted to eliminate one step. 

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Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas at Austin
From: sacke@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeff Hanna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: DO NOT BUY A GVP PHONE PAK VFX!!!
Date: 12 Sep 92 12:37:25 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

In article <paulk.1h78@terapin.com> paulk@terapin.com (Paul Kienitz) writes:
>> "Uhh, your 3000 has to have 16 bit ram in it for Phone Pak to work--
>> due to a flaw in the Ramsey chip." ^^^^^^ He replied.
> 
>Funny how this "flaw" doesn't prevent anybody else's product from
>working.

Just to update everyone a little---I go the board to run.

Albeit had to switch over to 68000 mode to do it :()    Must be
a *FLAW* in the 68040 that prevents it from working :|

Someone emailed me that he has printed out my original posting about this
board (which could be *INCREDIBLE* if it would work) and he will be
showing it to the GVP people at Pasadena today when he goes to WOC


I can't wait to get his reply

Jeff Hanna
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: amc1@cec2.wustl.edu (Adam M. Costello)
Subject: Why can't I find one decent term program?
Keywords: terminal
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 02:41:38 GMT

My requirement are few and simple:

It must be able to use a window on the Workbench screen.
It must be able to use any non-proportional font.
It must support VT100, or at least ANSI, emulation.
It must provide for file transfers.

That's all.  But I can't find even one.  VT100 2.9A comes very close,
but there's a bug which causes strange behavior when a font other
than topaz is used.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
AMC
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,aus.computers.amiga,aus.computers
From: 10667547@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (JIMMY FANG)
Subject: HELP:  Connecting Amiga 1000 modem to Amiga 500?
Keywords: help,modem,amiga 1000,amiga 500,damn,!#$^&*!$
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, Monash University 
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 02:18:18 GMT

[NOTE: Cross-posting]

I recently purchased a SENDATA 2400 v22bis intelligent modem second hand.  
No model number except for the serial number.  I said that I had an Amiga 
500 and wanted manuals preferably.  Supposedly it was meant to come in a box 
as well.

After quite foolishly handing over the money to a friend so he could 
collect the modem, I discoverd it came with NO manuals and a cable that 
seemed to connect to my parallel port (I had to unplug my printer). :( 

This doesn't seem right. :( :(  I don't think modems are meant to work 
through the parallel port, but through the serial port.  I tried looking up 
the manufacturer here (in Melbourne, Australia) in the yellow pages, but 
couldn't find an entry.  I assume that the company has gone bust. :( :(  

After contacting the previous owner again, it turns out that it used to be 
connected to an Amiga 1000.

(1) Is there a way of connecting this modem to my serial port with either:
	(a) different cable?
	(b) gender bender (serial port on Amiga-500 is female)

(2) Does anyone have a manual that they want to sell (preferable locally)?
    Or could some-one type out the manual for this modem?  I have no idea 
    what settings my communications package needs.

(3) Are there communication packages that work through the parallel port?
 
(4) Failing that, any Amiga 1000 owners want to buy a 2400 baud modem?
    I paid A$120, so I would like to get my money back.  But is it worth it? 
    A$120 is a lot of money for a doorstop/paper-weight!  Can test if you 
    want (of course).  I don't even know if it works! 


Thanking you in anticipation.


Jim Fang
Phone: (03) 878-9125  Melbourne, Australia
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From: willw@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (William Waring)
Subject: Re: XComm - Anyone who has tried it?
Organization: /etc/organization
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 06:48:19 GMT

In article <olsen.2183@sourcery.mxm.sub.org> olsen@sourcery.mxm.sub.org (Olaf Barthel) writes:
>
>   If I remember correctly, the program is still in its very early
>stages (v0.85 or so). You can't expect any program to perform reliably before
>going through a number of revisions.
>
>   How comes that it appears to you to look like `term'? Does it
>crash quite as often? ;-)

G'day dude,
	Yeah thats what I've been trying to tell people all over the Net!That version of X-Comm is BETA! Thats why it crashes a HELL of alot. thse days however, a guru is a very rare occurence. We're putting in the final things now. Finishing things off. By the way, X-Comm does have a slight amount of code from 'term' in it (You did say that was ok in the docs didn't you?), and I will certainly be giving you credit in the final release. It's just alot easier if someone else has already written the routine isn't i


t :-). Most of it is modified beyond recognition now. I must say that I admire you greatly for writing some of the most readable routines I've ever seen. You're the only person I have seen that has realised that capital letters in identified LOOKS GOOD! Everyone else doesn't seem to know where the SHIFT key on the keyboard is :-). Anyway, good luck with the bug fix. I know exaclty how you feel. It gives me the SH*TS when things go badly wrong. It'll be my turn soon :-)




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From: swinokur@cellar.org (Steve Winokur)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: GVP PhonePak Speed?
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:50:07 GMT
Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system

2ftqkiln@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:

> Does the GVP phonepak run at 9600 or maybe even 14400?
> is this for both datacomm and fax? just wondering!

It's for FAX only.  It's 9600 bps.  (Group 3, etc. etc.)

	-steve


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From: jeannet@sphinx.enst.fr (Olivier Jeannet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: VLT Question
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:13:23 GMT
Organization: Telecom Paris, France

In article <Btvv7F.DG9@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, doerrhb@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Heath Doerr) writes:
> 
>    I am having a small amount of trouble with VLT (senior) and I
> was wondering if someone could help me out.  When using VI, I cursor
> around with the arrow keys and the text that I back over (using left
> arrow key) disappears.  If I refresh the screen, everything is 
> still there, it just vanishes with the left arrow.  This also happens

I had the same problem, I think you selected the option just below
"swap BS <-> DEL" which is something like "destructive BS". When this option
is selected, the left arrow does the same as BS (I use "swap BS <-> DEL").

I hope this will help.

Olivier.
From: clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon VE3XCL)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: V.Fast Transfer Rates
Distribution: world
Date: 7 Sep 92 22:56:10 EDT
Organization: Private UUCP "Twig" Node

>In a message dated Thu 27 Aug 92  2:47, Jack Radigan wrote:
>
> JR>   If you think that V.fast is going to go beyond 21k on the public
> JR> phone 
> JR> system anytime soon, you're dreaming or on *very* good drugs... ;-)

        I don't know exactly where you live Jack but here in Ontario where
we use the Northern Telecom DMS-100 and -200 (for cellular mostly)
digital switches, we have the best telecom in the world (so they say) and I
fully believe that I could achieve at least 24k v.fast if not the full 28k.
 During a voice phone call (since all our switches were converted to DMS),
I have never once here noise spikes, other people's voices, other people's
phones ringing, busy signals or any other trash in my voice phone calls or
have I not been able to hear the person I've been talking to due to lack of
volume.  I have achieved long-distance links both short distance (ie. 60
miles) and long-long distance (thousands) to people on vacation (read
girlfriend :-) and have forgotten that it was long distance.  I have full
faith in Bell Canada handling V.fast.

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From: webb@chopin.udel.edu (W Webb Pickersgill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: HELP Amiga 1000 Modem pin config
Date: 16 Sep 92 02:26:08 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware


	I own an Amiga 1000 and need to connect an external modem with
an IBM cable.  I either need the pin config of the 1000 and modem, or
if somebody has a "special cord" that will magically do it.  
				H  E  L  P !!!
Please mail me.
Thanx			7: Webb
From: paulk@terapin.com (Paul Kienitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: interesting modem idea -- please read!
Date: 7 Sep 92 17:18:37 GMT
Organization: BBS

> Even if I could figure that out, it only takes us up to 1200 or
> 2400 bps.  Everything higher than that uses even freakier
> combinations of phase and amplitude modulation.  I know *I* don't
> want to mess with that garbage!  My Amiga couldn't handle it,
> anyway.
 
Yes, that's the real problem.  The Amiga's audio channels are capable
of creating the signal (they are higher fidelity than digital phone
lines are), but generating a signal as complex as the one a V.32
modem puts out, in real time, would take SERIOUS digital signal
processing hardware.  With an ordinary CPU, forget it.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett)
Subject: Re: VT220/VT340 Terminal emulation?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 04:15:45 GMT

In article <abeech.716337691@kraken> abeech@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au (Adrian Beech) writes:
>Anyone know of a commercial or PD comms package that will correctly emulate
>VT220 and VT340 terminals?  I need to connect to a Sun and use Word Perfect.
>The VT100 and VT102 emulations are not suitable for this type of work.

   Several such products exist for the Mac and IBM systems, but none exist for 
the Amiga unfortunately.  I've been looking for such software for the past four
years.  I have even offered to help get VT240/340 databooks to various authors
of VT200-compatible Amiga terminal packages who would guarantee writing a
VT240/340 emulation program, but none have taken me up on my offers.

>Adrian V. Beech                              E-MAIL: A.Beech@ext.gu.edu.au

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: mlednor@tower.demon.co.uk (Mark `Jay' Lednor)
Subject: Re: Today's Mitzvah:Help w/SLIP&NOS&etc.etc.etc.
Distribution: comp
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Organization: Private Internet Node
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:53:20 +0000

In article <1992Sep8.224724.14818@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> blyy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>
> I'm REALLY confused!! Here's the situation:
>
> My school has just set up a network which allows dial-in SLIP
> connections, from which one can access various internet functions from
> their home.  They are , of course, widely supporting its use for the MAC,
> but are unlikely to even admit that the Amiga is an existing entity.
> Now, knowing the dialup SLIP number, how can I use it with my Amiga?
> I've been told to use AmigaNOS _over_ the dialup connection. I assume this
> means to dial in with , say, JRComm, and then multitask AmigaNOS and switch
> over to it.

That is one method, but there is now a version of AmigaNOS that allows
dialing that you should be able to use. You can find it on ftp.demon.co.uk
in pub/amiga as DiallingAmigaNOS with a Readme file (or something like
that).

> But how do I set up, using AmigaNOS, my IP address, my host's
> IP address, whatever else has to be set up?

AmigaNOS has a nos-startup file that contains all this information, the
documentation is a bit sparse, however, but any help regarding KA9Q
software (either on the MAC or PC) should give you some pointers. I can
post a working example for you to modify to your IP address and your host's.

> Does NOS send commands through the modem? How else would it work?

Exactly right!

> Furthermore, say I wanted to read mail or read USENET, or FTP.
> What programs for the Amiga would I need and how would I use them in
> conjunction with JRCOMM, AmigaNOS, or whatever, to
> accomplish what I want?

AmigaNOS will receive and store mail and Usenet news for you, it provides
a very simple mail reader but nothing to read news, but the later version
can post news. I have an Arexx script to get the News into a format that
GRn can handle, and another couple to post news and mail.

> Does UUCP have anything to do with this?
> What about the news readers like Ann or GrN?

See above.

> I really know very little
> about all this stuff, so please help me as specifically as possible -
> but any information si GREATLY appreciated. I WANT to prove the school
> wrong, and that the Amiga CAN be a useful, usable computer.

It is... I use DiallingAmigaNOS every day (this message was brought to you
by DiallingAmigaNOS in fact) and so do several other people using Demon
Internet Services here in the UK.

> Thanks in advance,
>
> Aaron

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From: davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright)
Subject: Any desire for a standardized "C" door interface?
Organization: North Coast Public Access *NIX, Cleveland, OH
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 02:40:31 GMT



	I have been working on coming up with a standardized way for "C"
programmers to interface to BBS systems without having to resort to using
ARexx, or some BBS-specific (such as C-Net, Paragon/StarNet, etc) format.
Right now I have it as a link-library, but I could convert is to a shared
library if people thought that was needed.
	Since my applications are basically multi-user games, rather
than Sysop-oriented utilities, the functions that I currently support
are things such as getting lines from the user, sending text to be displayed
to the user, etc. although I do have a way to do things like read and/or
lock the current user's configuration so that the door can access
commonly used/desired information in a BBS non-specific manner.
	Why would you use this rather than something like OwnDevUnit or
by going through ARexx? Well, basically the trouble with OwnDevUnit is that
it assumes the program is going to access the serial port, AND it requires
that the application knows how to talk to the serial port. Both of these
are bad assumptions, IMHO. To my way of thinking the door writer SHOULD
NOT CARE (or KNOW) whether the door is being run over a serial port, a
network connection, or locally at the console. You should not need three
different doors to let you do this kind of thing. The BBS already KNOWS
how to handle all of the above, and all a door should have to know how to
do is to talk to the BBS. Thus (to re-emphasize the same point in a
different way), the same door could work locally, over a network, over a
serial port and with ANY BBS that followed the standard.
	The reason for not wanting to use ARexx is this. Not everyone has it,
and I don't think ARexx has any place as a part of a transport layer
between user-interactive tasks. Would you want a 9600 baud download going
through ARexx? I have no trouble with the idea of simple utilities being
written for a BBS entirely in ARexx, but I don't think that any SERIOUS
application, (or one that requires a lot of CPU overhead) should be.
	So, what I was wondering was, would anyone (mainly people writing
BBS software and/or door software) be interested in adopting some
standard for C language access, and if so, would they be interested in
taking a look at what I've got (freely distributable, even in commercial
packages)? Or am I missing something stupendous in going through an extra
ARexx layer which provides the same functionality?


					Dave