Re: HFS compatibe GS term program

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Michael Hackett (mhackett@vaxxine.com) wrote:
: Alexander Siegfried <ug0a@rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:

: > Oh well, it's a real pain with GS telecommunication programs. Yes,
: > Spectrum is the only choice when you need HFS access, since it is a real
: > GS/OS application. However, it has *major* drawbacks. Its VT100 emulation,
: > needed for all the internet stuff, is in text mode (!).

: And why not, since VT100 is based on text-only terminals.  Perhaps it's
: not as convenient, since the menu bar and other windows disappear when
: using it, but it's much faster this way.  

The trouble is that a VT-100 text terminal supports character modes which
are not available on the Apple text screen...notably, underlining, and
boldface.  If you use Lynx, there is some value to being able to tell the
difference between underlined, boldface, and reverse video.

ANSIterm does this nicely, but alas, doesn't do HFS.

--Dave Althoff, ][
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