Re: Using Windows XP hyperterminal with OpenVMS

From: John Laird (nospam_at_laird-towers.org.uk)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 18:24:32 +0100

On 21 Apr 2004 11:55:27 -0600, koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
Koehler) wrote:

>In article <650d80hf9lmad5t1ct5d6r45clbb458fj6@4ax.com>, Nigel Barker <nigel@hp.com> writes:
>>
>> I always like to use Keaterm where you can display a little LK keyboard with all
>> the correct buttons like 'Do'. It's particularly useful with a limited laptop
>> keyboard.
>
> Exceed has that, but then that's the only preconfigured provision for
> using the keys in that display.
>
> I really don't want to stop and grab the mouse as a replacement for a
> single keystroke.

Bob, if you are using a laptop it's going to be very hard indeed to find a
"single keystroke" for all 48 Fn, PFn, KPn, and En keys that exist on an
LK4xx keyboard, because laptops just don't have that number of keys :-)

In fact, persisting with VMS use on a laptop can really only fall into the
"doctor, it hurts when I do this - well don't do it then" category of
masochism !

I've tried a few emulators. Reflection is well worth paying for, and
there's always Kermit-95 (or whatever it's called now) at less cost, about
which I have heard good things but never actually used in anger. Reflection
also has an optional keyboard display which can be changed into a variety of
shapes, including and excluding the main qwerty area. 

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