UWTerm and NT workstation 4.0

[Bruce Hinman]

I haven't tried using UWterm with NT Workstation 4.0 but I do use it with
Win95 and Netscape 4.0 and it works fine. I can say this about Uwterm, you
should write protect the Uwterm.ini file. Get the settings like you want
them first of course. I started doing that with WFWG 3.11 because I
noticed that Uwterm would change settings for some bizzare reason. Once I
did this I no longer had problems. Hope this helps.

Bruce Hinman			bruceh at csufresno.edu
Library Equipment Technician	(209) 278-6528 office
Henry Madden Library 		(209) 278-6952 fax
California State University
Fresno, California

On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Nina Platt wrote:

> I don't know if this is the appropriate list for this question but I've
> been reading the postings regarding telnet applications and thought
> someone may have an answer to this problem.
> 
> We are in the process of moving to Windows NT 4.0 workstations from a
> combination of VAX dumb terminals and PCs with Windows 3.11.  We've used
> UWTerm in the past (on 3.11) to access an application (MASS11) on a VAX
> that requires the vt200 emulation and uses the vt100 edit keypad. 
> During our conversion we will continue to use MASS11 for a short time
> until everyone is up on the network and trained in Office 97.  
> 
> It appeared that UWTerm was going to work for us on the NT workstations
> to access MASS11 but we've run into a problem.  The vt100 edit keypad
> works for a time and then loses functionality--the "gold" key no longer
> works in conjunction with the other edit keys.  It's strange because it
> doesn't happen all the time.
> 
> My question is threefold.  1) Does anyone know if there is a way to
> configure UWTerm to consistently use the vt100 keypad on NT?  2) Should
> we consider finding a 32-bit telnet application and forget about using
> UWTerm?  3) If we do need to move to a new telnet application, does
> anyone have any recommendations for NT that does vt200/220/320
> emulation?
> 
> We've tested UWterm with Netscape and haven't run into any problems so
> didn't plan on changing telnet packages for our Internet use.  Our need
> for UWTerm to access MASS11 will just be temporary so we don't want to
> spend the money on a new telnet package (or the time to install it)
> unless it's necessary.  
> 
> Any suggestions?  Thanks. 
> 
> Nina Platt, Systems Librarian
> Minnesota Office of Attorney General
> E-mail: nina.platt at state.mn.us
> Phone: 612-215-1398
>