Date   : Mon, 05 Aug 1991 03:57:46 EDT
From   : Steve.Graham@ub.cc.umich.edu
Subject: zde vs vde/Qterm/Simtel

Several of you have said that I'd be better off using zde than vde.  I like vde
and it's nice and small, which is the reason I started using it in the first
place.  What advantage does zde have, and how big is it?  I am using the
current version of vde for most things, but an older version on disks that
I need more space on, as it (the older one) is only 10k, as opposed to 16k.
(And I'm still looking for the installation file for the 10k version so I
can channge its defaults.)
 
On to Qterm.  I followed someone's advice and found out how to add blank
       
characters as pad at the end of the line on our mainframe system, and that
helped a lot.  Just adding a three-characters-worth delay keeps from dropping
characters on screen, and gives my Kaypro time to catch up with most of the
vt100 control codes.  Once in a while the vt100 still gets confused, no matter
how long the pad is, but the situation is vastly improved.  (So how do I
pad the end of the line when I'm talking to unix machines?)  I thought
I'd mention that here since I've had mail from many other people who were
having similar problems with lost text (at 2400 baud) on their Kaypros or
other slow machines.
 
I notice that Simtel seems much faster now that it's on NSFNET, if anyone is
wondering.


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