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Re: Spectrum

David Empson (dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
: In article <3miu0l$5u8@nuscc.nus.sg>,
: Lim Thye Chean <ltchean@iss.nus.sg> wrote:
: > Wish to purchase Spectrum. Can anyone tell me whether:
: > 
: > - The VT100 and ANSI mode is in text or SHR?

: VT100 is in text.  ANSI is in SHR.  I haven't used ANSI, so I can't
: tell you much about it.  It does support some attributes (bold,
: underline, reverse, but I don't know about blinking).  I think it
: supports colour.

With a small decision like that they lost one customer. My main aim of using
a comm program is to log into my UNIX workstations to surf the net. Without
SHR VT100 mode, I don't see why that's a need to switch to Spectrum.

Thanks.

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          Lim Thye Chean: Lim is my surname. My name is Thye Chean.
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