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IDEAL TERMINAL -- IT
IT consists of the following files, copy them into a directory
listed in your DOS PATH command:
- IT.EXE The program.
- IT.DOC The user's guide, 24 pages, ready to print.
- IT.SET Set-up file, contains and explains setups, change it
as you like.
- IT.DIR Sample auto-dial file, put your phone numbers in it.
If you have a file named IT.HLP you can delete it, it is obsolete.
To get started quickly, read IT.SET, modify it if you like, then
run IT and type ALT-H to read the help display.
Summary of changes to IDEAL TERMINAL since version 3.0.
3.0 Major rework to allow setup file definition of alt-keys and
macro keys that can invoke setups and other alt-keys. Added
scroll history, and rewrote the help feature to use the same
window commands as for scroll history.
3.1 Fix a bug introduced in 3.0 where the comm port interrupt
enable mask (8259) and interrupt vector were not always
correctly restored upon exit.
3.2 In ASCII send, display the name of the file being sent to the
right of the protocol field in the status line.
3.3 Fix a bug in vt100 emulation. If the host moves the cursor up
or down such that it would cross a margin, limit it to the margin.
Allow movement once across.
Add the version number to the date as text in string "version".
Put copyright text in string "copyright".
Announce success or failure of search operation while viewing.
Fix a buffer overflow in the help function for long macro defines.
3.4 Fix bug where entering alternate keypad mode if already in it
causes loss of prior state of numlock.
3.5 Fix a bug in vt100 emulation. When the host sends LF and the
cursor is outside the scroll window, don't scroll. Scroll only
on LF when the cursor is in the bottom line of the scroll window.
3.6 Fix a bug in macro key processing which sometimes caused macros
called by "\annn." to be ignored in other macros or in scripts.
3.7 In order to forgive mistakes in system configuration, use hard-
coded port addresses for com1 and com2, rather than getting them
from address 40:0.
3.8 Several users have complained of UNIX hosts sending ESC [ ? 5 i
sequence that turns on logging to printer. Disable it.
3.9 New terminal emulation mode TTY. Allows logging of binary files
to disk. Does not interpret escape sequences, simply displays all
printable characters, handles CR, LF, TAB.
3.10 Add comm ports 3 and 4. Allow the use of high intensity foreground
colors. In scroll history command line editing, let CR only send
the edited string to the host, but not send a CR after it. Allows
user to append something before sending. Don't blink the VT100
field when in the alternate keypad mode (by popular demand).
3.11 Fix a bug in VT100 emulation related to the Select Character Set
escape sequences. Sometimes caused IT to display lower case
alphbetic rather than graphic characters or vice versa.
3.12 Fix yet another bug in the Select Character Set excape sequences.
Sometimes caused IT to display lower case alphbetic rather than
graphic characters.
3.13 Add field to status line showing current character frame and parity
selections. Add commands FRAM and PAR to change selections.
In scroll history string searching, erase the prior search string each
time scroll history is invoked.
3.14 Add baud rates 19.2 and 38.4 kbaud. Remove status line display of
"minutes since carrier detect", as it was preventing operation on
com3 and com4. Change 8259 (interrupt controller) setup so that
IRQ3 is highest priority interrupt, in order to avoid character
overrun at high baud rates due to slow keyboard isr.
3.15 Change the block count display (for file transfers) in the lower-
right corner of screen to be more useful. Rather than displaying
block count sent and total block count, show bytes sent and % sent.