Date   : Wed, 24 May 1989 13:20:20 EST
From   : "Jay Sage" <SAGE@LL.LL.MIT.EDU>
Subject: VT100 Emulation Under CP/M

Christopher Hassell asked about a VT100 emulator for his NorthStar
Advantage.  Keith Petersen mentioned QTERM.  This has the advantage of being
free, but at the moment there are not very many machine/terminal overlays
available for it.  I don't believe there is one for the Advantage, though if
the Advantage emulates one of the common terminals it might be quite easy to
convert an existing overlay for the rest of the hardware.

Another possibility is the commercial version of MEX.  The basic MEX-Plus
package costs $60, but an enhanced package for an additional $30 (or $40
with remote dial-in, too) includes terminal emulation capability.  The VT100
terminal is one of those supported.  As far as terminal emulators go (which
may not be far enough), the one with MEX is pretty full-featured and
complete.  QTERM is still trying to catch up to it.

More information about MEX can be obtained from NightOwl Software (Ron
Fowler) at

       NightOwl Software, Inc.
       Route 1, Box 7
       Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
       1-414-563-4013 (probably answered by Ron, himself)
       1-800-NITEOWL (*** orders only -- no technical info ***)

I am a happy user of MEX-Plus on all my CP/M and MS-DOS computers, and I use
the VT100 emulation routinely.


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