Re: ISO 2022 and termcap ballast

[Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>]

> Pre ANSI/ISO terminals such as the VT52 or the Hazeltine might still be
> around in the stores of the Cambridge University Computer Preservation
> Society, or in Frank da Cruz's famous archive on the history of video
> terminals, but not anything you would find in a commonly used
> configuration after the mid 1980s. (Exceptions just confirm the rule.)

I wish the above was true.  Unfortunately, Wyse, HP, Televideo,
DataGeneral, Stratus, and Hazeltine terminals are not only still in
wide use, but the first three are still being sold.  These terminals
do not subscribe to the ANSI/ISO/ECMA frameworks for terminal
implementations.



    Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
                 The Kermit Project * Columbia University
              612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025
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