Re: Apple ][ Plus 80 column card

["Chuck Morris" <nospam@nospam.net>]

Glenn Jones <rg.jones@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> "Perry" <munged@nospam.nonet> wrote in message
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> > I was thinking of adding an 80 column card to my ][ Plus, what was
> > considered to be the best (or most popular/most supported from a
software
> > standpoint) 80 column card for the ][ Plus machine?
> >
> > My main reason for wanting to add this would be so that I could run
> > terminal emulation software on my ][ Plus in 80 column mode. While on
that
> > subject, what were the better terminal emulation software packages
> > available for the ][ Plus?
> >
> > regards, Perry
>
> The videx videoterm was very popular. I had a clone of that card that I
used
> (mostly for CP/M) but some comm programs supported it as well.
>
> Was there a particular type of terminal you wanted to emulate or just ANSI
> for BBS type use?
>
> I used to use Kermit under CP/M to access the universities IBM mainframe
> ..... but there were quite a few others out there .... I havn't used a
modem
> in years though....
>
> Good luck
>
> Glenn
>
>

I would also say the Videx Videoterm, as that was one of the earliest 80
column cards to gain widespread use on the II Plus.

As for terminal emulation software packages, I'd say that Softerm 2 HAD to
be the most complete of any that were ever produced for the II Plus.  It
included emulation of 23 different types of terminals, and also came with a
small board that you could plug into an empty slot which had a small keypad
attached that was used with the emulation software.  It gave you 3
additional keys that were used in combination with other keys on the
keyboard to effectively give you the special function keys, etc. that the
terminals it emulated had which the II Plus keyboard did not.  This worked
well enough that I once actually installed this on a client's Apple who was
determined to use it as a terminal with the system that the company I was
working for in the early 80's sold.