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Terminal Emulation
Kermit 95 emulates a wide variety of terminals. This page covers those terminal emulations providing links to more information on the emulated terminals where possible along with notes on K95s emulation of the terminal.
This page is based on content from the Terminal Types section of the Kermit 95 Manual.
You can switch terminals at the Kermit 95 command screen with the
set terminal type command or the left drop-down in the GUI version
of Kermit 95
Note that this page only applies to Kermit 95. On Unix and OpenVMS C-Kermit does not provide terminal emulation as you're already running it in a terminal emulator or a real terminal.
The Terminal Type is what is normally set to the remote host on connect. You can override this with the
set telnet terminal-type command.
| Terminal Type | Emulated Terminal | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| adm3a | Lear-Siegler ADM-3A | |
| adm5 | Lear Siegler ADM-5 | |
| aixterm | aixterm | Emulation of the AIX 'aixterm' terminal window and compatible with its termcap / terminfo entry |
| annarbor | Ann Arbor Ambassador | Partial emulation of the Ann Arbor Ambassador terminal, sufficient for ordinary "termcap"-like applications, but not recommended for general Ann Arbor emulation; numerous Ann-Arbor-specific features are not presently supported, including multiple memory regions, moveable regions, per-line tab stops, alternate cursor, the Ann Arbor keyboard with 64 separate shift states per key, host-customizable printer controls, forms, etc. |
| ansi-bbs | See Note. For accessing most BBSs. 8 bits, color, line- and box-drawing, "ANSI graphics". | |
| at386 | For accessing (SCO) Unixware and (Sunsoft) Interactive UNIX systems. | |
| avatar/0+ | AV/0+ | For accessing BBS that support certain advanced features. Usually negotiated automatically at login. |
| ba80 | Nixdorf BA80 | For accessing Nixdorf computers. I can find no information on this terminal. |
| beterm | BeBox console | |
| dg200 | Data General D200 | For accessing AOS/VS, DG/UX, and other Data General platforms |
| dg210 | Data General D210 | For accessing AOS/VS, DG/UX, and other Data General platforms |
| dg217 | Data General D217 | For accessing AOS/VS, DG/UX, and other Data General platforms. Includes both DG and UNIX modes, as well as alternate character sets -- Math/Symbol, Line Drawing, Word Processing |
| heath19 | Heathkit H19 or Zenith-19 | |
| hft | IBM High Function Terminal | For accessing AIX and other platforms that support it |
| hp2621a | HP 2621A | |
| hpterm | hpterm | Emulation of the HP-UX 'hpterm' terminal window and compatible with some specific terminals such as those in the 700 series. See Note |
| hz1500 | Hazeltine 1500 | |
| ibm3151 | IBM 3151 | This emulation is just enough to support termcap and terminfo driven applications on Unix. A complete keyboard mapping is provided as well as the IBM 3151 graphics character set. None of the special forms modes are implemented. |
| linux | Linux console | |
| qansi | QNX ANSI terminal | See Note. |
| qnx | QNX console | |
| scoansi | SCOs 'ansi' terminal |
See Note. For SCO Unix, ODT and OpenServer. SCOs name for this is "ANSI" but its called SCOANSI here to distinguish it from all the other ANSI options. When making connections, do set term type scoansi followed by set telnet term ansi. |
| sni-97801 | Siemens Nixdorf Bildschirmeinheit 97801-5xx | For use with SINIX. Downloadable character-sets, fonts, and compose tables are not supported. See Additional Notes. |
| sun | Sun workstation console | |
| tty | Teletypewriter | Equivalent to no terminal emulation at all |
| tvi910+ | TeleVideo 910+ | |
| tvi925 | TeleVideo 925 | |
| tvi950 | TeleVideo 950 | |
| vc404 | Volker-Craig VC404 | Also Volker-Craig VC4404 |
| vip7809 | Honeywell VIP 7809 | Partial emulation sufficient to allow access to Honeywell DPS-6 systems. This is VT102 emulation with minor modifications. |
| vt52 | Digital VT52 | |
| vt100 | Digital VT100 | Industry-standard 7-bit terminal with color extensions |
| vt102 | Digital VT102 | Like the VT100 but with extra features such as character insertion and deletion. Also includes color extensions. |
| vt220, vt220pc | Digital VT220 | Industry-standard 8-bit terminal with color extensions. The vt220pc terminal type uses a PC keyboard layout. |
| vt320, vt320pc | Digital VT320 | Includes color extensions, plus many features from the VT420, VT520 and DECterm. These non-VT320 featues will be moved to separate terminal types when emulation is more complete. THe vt320pc terminal type uses a PC keyboard layout. |
| vtnt | Microsoft VTNT | For the Windows NT Telnet server distributed as part of Microsoft Services for Unix. This is not an ANSI-type terminal, rather Windows NT console structs are sent and received. Not available on OS/2. |
| wy30 | Wyse WY-30 | Includes most of the capabilities of the WY-30+ and Wyse WY-35 too. Multiple Windows, display controls, and certain other features are not currently supported. |
| wy50 | Wyse WY-50 | Multiple Windows, display controls, and certain other features are not currently supported. |
| wy60 | Wyse WY-60 | Plus most of the features of the WY-120, WY-160 and WY-350 models. Multiple Windows, display controls, and certain other features are not currently supported. |
| wy160 | Wyse WY-160 | Plus most of the features of the WY-120 and WY-350 models. Multiple Windows, display controls, and certain other features are not currently supported. |
| wy370 | Wyse WY-370 | Similar to the VT320 but with additional color capabilities. The full color palette is not supported, nor are certain other features such as multiple pages. |
At this time, Kermit 95 does not implement the following features for any terminal:
- More than 16 colours
- Local editing
- Multiple pages / Multiple windows
- Graphics (ReGIS, Sixel, etc)
- Downloadable/soft fonts
The console version of Kermit 95 (Kermit 95 for OS/2, k95.exe on Windows) has the following additional limitations:
- No Dim characters - these are displayed in bold instead
- No underlining - a different color is used instead
- double-width and double-height characters are simulated
The host-controlled status line is not supported on HP, Wyse and Televideo emulations. Function-key labels are
supported, but they are not displayed in the status line. Instead, they can be displayed in a pop-up dialog using the
\Kfnkeys keyboard verb normally assigned to Alt-F.