Date   : Fri, 22 Mar 1991 18:25:03 GMT
From   : baron!baron!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil (Don Maslin)
Subject: Re: Help with Kaypro terminal emulation

casey@asi.com (Casey Bahr) writes:
>
>I'm trying to use a modem communications program on my Kaypro 10.
>It appears to be a derivative of MDM730 (sic?).  The on-line
>documentation, however, doesn't give me a clue as to what type of
>terminal it's emulating, which is where I'm having trouble.  Somewhere
>else in other documentation I remember seeing that the Kaypro emulates
>a Lear-Siegler adm3a, so that's how I've tried setting the termcap
>on the Unix (Sun) machine I'm trying to connect to.  Everything
>except vi seems to be working ok (TERM and TERMCAP in my environment 
>look right for an adm3a).  In vi I get a garbled screen that
>makes editing pretty difficult.  I remember long ago using a Kaypro II
>and I think the same comm. pgm., but I don't remember how I got around
>this problem.
>
>I'm pretty illiterate in this area, so I'm hoping someone in this
>group can enlighten me or provide some heuristics to getting the
>termcap set properly.  Or maybe direct me to a different comm. package.
>I do have a printed document for SUPRTERM, which says it emulates an
>adm3a, but I can't find that software on any of my disks.
>
To my knowledge, all of the public domain communication packages use overlays
to tailor them to a particular computer.  Therefore, if your MDM730, or
whatever, runs on your KP-10 there is a very high probability that it has the
Kaypro's ADM-3 emulation built in.  

If it would be useful to you, I could uue Superterm and send it off to you. 
However, in my opinion it is a less desirable program.  Of the old standbys,
my personal preference would be for MEX114.

                                                 - don

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