[GreenKeys] Terminal Programs

[gil at baudot.net]

Hi guys:

a couple of terminal-related things:

- ASCII-only:  Windows Hyperterminal is a bit buggy, but does run down
to 110-baud, making it handy for talking to a model 33.  I only have XP
machines, so I have no idea whether it is included with Vista or
available separately.  Full of old bbs dial-up crapola.

- ASCII-only:  Terminal by Bray, is a nice little emulator, but only
runs down to 300-baud.  It is a single little exe file, and shows a
single pane with separate RX and TX windows and all the config params
etc.  The only odd thing about is is that you need to click in the tx
window before typing, but I like this ascii terminal a lot. 
http://www.vauxelectronics.com/misc/Terminal-by-Bray.zip

- Note that ascii terminal emulators often have a 5-bit mode, but this
is NOT baudot, just truncated ascii, I believe.  Also, just because a
terminal emulator has TTY in the name (eg puTTY), it does not mean it
has any baudot capability -- tty is a generic term (pardon the pun) for
an ascii terminal connection, tracing back to unix days.

- BAUDOT:  TTYSIM, by Dave Ross, is a DOS COM1-only app that talks
baudot to compatible serial port chips.  I have used it on XP with a
built-in serial port.  I don't believe it works with any USB adapters --
same old story, since programs can't access low-level chip stuff for
baudot tweaks, IIRC.  TTYSIM is quite nice if you have an available
built-in COM-1 port.  http://www.hypertools.com/ttysim.zip

- BAUDOT:  HeavyMetal, by Bill Buzbee, is also a great program --
http://www.buzbee.net/heavymetal

- BAUDOT:  RTTYArt, by Bill Bytheway is also handy, and available at
rtty.com or http://207.207.72.42/development/software/


gil


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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] TTY Term Program
> From: Ron Ott <ronott at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: Fri, June 26, 2009 8:15 am
> To: Don Cunningham <wb5hak at martineer.net>, Stan Wilson
> <ak0b at swbell.net>, GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
> 
> 
> I have forgotten the name of the "app", but doesn't Windows/Vista have a built-in dumb terminal program already? If so, I wonder whether it could be used for RTTY?
> 
> Ron W6XY
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Don Cunningham <wb5hak at martineer.net>
> To: Stan Wilson <ak0b at swbell.net>; GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 8:12:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] TTY Term Program
> 
> Stan,
> Is TTY Term the full name of the terminal program you are attempting to 
> use??  I cannot find it by "Googling", but many terminal programs were in 
> existance over the years and that's not too surprising.  A good many of them 
> are DOS programs, and I don't know of any personally that say they will run 
> on Windows Vista.  Even the HAL DSRTTY Win program is listed as "IFFY" (my 
> words, hi) on Vista, and it runs quite well on XP.  What TU or TNC are you 
> attempting to run the program with??  I haven't used a USB to RS-232 cable 
> yet, but will probably have to soon.  Fewer and fewer RS-232 ports are 
> available on the new machines, unfortunately.  Give me a little info and 
> will try to help if I can, Stan. I'm no "expert", by any means, just used a 
> LOT of the older terminal programs, hi.
> 73,
> Don, WB5HAK 
> 
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