Re: LZ: f-term

Subject: Re: LZ: f-term
From: Peter Cordes <pcomp@ntsource.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 22:28:36 -0500
In-Reply-To: <LZ: f-term>

Mel Tsai wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2 Oct 1996 21:44:44 -0400, you wrote:
> >At 04:24 PM 10/1/96 -0600, dreamer wrote:
> >
> >Well, actually, I was thinking as a portable way to access your internet
> >account... but I'm not sure I'm thinking along the same lines as the rest of
> >the group...
> >--
> 
> A real TCP/IP "winsock", however, would be extremely difficult on the
> '92.  It would only work if your internet provider had a text based
> interface (like lynx or a text based email system that doesn't require
> PPP/POP/SLIP/SLURP or whatever).  I know that on some of the palmtop
> PC's (like the HP200LX), Nettamer can barely handle a PPP connection
> with a 400k program on an 80186 (close to the power of the 68000, but
> a whole lot more memory).  But, I'm hoping someone can prove me
> wrong...:)
> 
> One option (that's much easier) that would be nice in successive
> versions of z/f-term is vt-100 emulation, or maybe even ANSI
> compatability (for the 1 or 2 people left on this earth who still use
> local BBS's...just kidding).
> 
> -Mel
> 
> --
> The TI-85 Memory Expantion Homepage
> http://pilot.msu.edu/user/tsaimelv/expander.htm
f-term already has vt-100 emmulation. 
PCoMP
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