Novaterm 9.6 User's Guide
When a desktop computer interprets sequences in this way, it is said to
"emulate" the old dumb terminals.
Typically, for each on-line service you call, you'll need to determine
which terminal emulation to use. Novaterm includes a variety of
terminal emulations:
ANSI: This emulation displays ANSI color and graphics in 80-column
mode. This should almost always be used when calling IBM-based
bulletin boards.
ANSI-40: This emulation displays ANSI color and graphics in 40-
column mode. This type of display is limited, as ANSI graphics are
typically laid out for 80-column displays, and will not look correct in
40 columns. ANSI-40 is intended for users who want the benefits of
ANSI colors (and some graphics) without using 80-column mode.
VT102: This emulation supports the VT100 and VT102 emulations.
It is typically used when dialing into large computer systems, such as
an Internet provider or a public library's on-line catalog.
VT52: This emulation is typically used when calling large computer
systems that do not support VT100 or VT102. (It is an older
standard.)
Standard-80: The Standard and Commodore emulations are simple
text displays; they do not actually interpret any special escape
sequences. Every character received by the modem is displayed as is
(with ASCII translation, of course). This is appropriate for any on-
line service that does not support terminal emulation at all.
Standard-80 is, of course, the 80-column version.
Standard-40: This is the 40-column version of Standard.
Commodore: This emulation is for using bulletin boards that can
display Commodore color/graphics. The only difference between this
and Standard-40 is that ASCII translation is turned off.
ANSI-wide, VT102-wide, Std-80-wide: These are all variations of
the above emulations that use the wide 80-column font.
3.1.2 Status line
In terminal mode, Novaterm displays a status line which reports
various conditions. In 40 columns, the status line looks like this:
:E:T:K:C:B:X
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00:00:00