Date   : Mon, 09 Apr 1990 05:21:25 GMT
From   : platt@boulder.colorado.edu (The Crouton Man)
Subject: QTERM for the northstar Advantage

: From: jfsenior@vax1.tcd.ie (Manic Minstrel.)
: Message-ID: <5839.2618e7a2@vax1.tcd.ie>
: 
: I would like to speak to anyone who has managed to get a copy of QTERM 
: running
: on a Northstar Advantage.
: 
: Failing this has anyone got an ADM3A emulator for the Northstar?

i am running QT on a Northstart Advantage... i have a copy of the 
Northstar patch thanks to Dave Goodenough (his e-mail address is the
the docs.. as he wrote it). a friend of mine and i are trying to 
add to it some of the VT100 features, like line insert. and get
rid of some of the bugs. (will probably get back to it over the 
summer, as everything is / will be coming down on us in school 
in the next month). one or two things you will need to do:

1) make sure that the version of the patch that you get disables 
   the extended, or high bit keys.. on the advantage, this includes
   all the function keys, and the keypad (when cursor lock is on)
   (this causes the many program to hang, or if that is fixxed, 
    then send a break to the outside world.. which is not good
   either) the way we have temporarily fixxed it is to simply 
   strip the high bit off... 

2) you will need a modified termcap if you are running on a 
   unix system. On VMS i have had real problems trying to edit 
   because the kepad is deactivated...

We are hoping to get these "features" fixxed this summer, 
and if there is still room to move, add some of the extra
charicter sets and things to it, to make it fully VT100 
compat. But first i just want to get things like line 
insert/delete and the keyboard to fully work. 

as for getting the ADM3A to work, i doubt it, as all the 
port addresses are unique to the Advantage (the horizon 
isn't even compat with the advantage)

some of the nice features of QTERM are the built in x/y modem 
and kermit protocal.

when i get the current patch uploaded to my unix account, i 
will be able to mail it off to any one who wants it.. just 
e-mail me... also, i will try to get the modified patch out
when i get it running, later this summer i hope. 

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