Okay, I've been using the Reflection termulator for a number of years.
Now that we are going to move en masse (for us, at least) to a PC network
we're looking for the cheapest termulator out there. So, I'm evaluating
the MS92 termulator against the Reflection one. So far, it seems to
compare rather well. I have two "problems" that I wonder if anyone else
on the list has encountered with MS92.
(1) Using QEdit to text in a 256-byte text file works okay with Reflection;
that is, I text the file in, go into visual mode and the termulator
automagically goes into 256-character display mode and I can edit the file
(which has 140 bytes of pertinent information and that just happens to fit on
one screen). Using MS92, same file, MS92 goes into 132-character display mode
(of which 128 characters display on one screen) and I have to do a "set left"
Qedit command to see the rest of the file. Switching to 200 character display
mode doesn't affect the display, it still only shows me 128 characters per
screen. Is MS92 limited to 132 character display mode? (I assume not, since
it has a 132->200 button on it). If not, how do I get Qedit to recognize
the larger display mode?
(2) Reflection has what I call a "local" caps lock feature. That is, if I
set caps lock on (or off) in Reflection, then go to another application
(for instance, a word processor), I can set the caps lock to whatever I
need in the second application and it will not affect Reflection. Reflection
will "remember" how I set the caps lock in it, and keep that caps lock
in effect whenever I return to it. It also doesn't change the caps lock
setting in another application. MS92, however, uses whatever setting I made
in the last application, and if I change it in MS92, it is changed "globally"
in the other application as well. Can I stop this from happening?
Neither of these problems is critical, they both have workarounds. I'm
just basically lazy and looking for the easiest way of doing things.
Thanks for any insight anyone can provide on MS92.
Jim Phillips Manager of Information Systems
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