Thank you for this
On Sun., Sep. 11, 2022, 4:36 p.m. Wayne Lorentz, wrote:
> Recently on this list, someone asked about a termcap definition for the
> Model 100.
>
> I’ve been cobbling together bits and pieces over the years, and this is
> what I use to telnet into my Mac media server, and from there ssh, gopher,
> and lynx out into the world.
>
> If you’re going to use a Mac as a middle man, be sure to set your TRS-80
> user to use bash, instead of zsh. Zsh adds a bunch of superfluous control
> characters to the command prompt that show up as garbage on a Model 100.
> It’s a known issue, but nobody seems interested in fixing it because modern
> terminals just ignore it.
>
> termcap.text:
>
> trs80-100|TRS-80 Model 100 v2,
> lines#8, has_status_line@,
> columns#40, init_tabs#8,
> init_1string=\EU,
> init_2string=\EW\Eq\EE,
> auto_left_margin,auto_right_margin,
> backspaces_with_bs,
> dest_tabs_magic_smso, xon_xoff,
> bell=^G, carriage_return=^M,
> clr_eol=\EK, clr_eos=\EJ,
> cursor_address=\EY%p1%' '%+%c%p2%' '%+%c,
> cursor_up=\EA,
> cursor_down=\EB,
> cursor_right=\EC,
> cursor_left=\ED,
> clear_screen=\EE,
> cursor_home=\EH,
> insert_line=\EL,
> delete_line=\EM,
> cursor_normal=\EP,
> cursor_invisible=\EQ,
> dis_status_line=\EU\EY0 \ES\EM,
> enter_reverse_mode=\Ep,
> enter_standout_mode=\Ep,
> exit_standout_mode=\Eq,
> exit_attribute_mode=\Eq,
> key_backspace=^H, tab=^I,
> key_up=^^, key_down=^_,
> key_left=^], key_right=^\,
> newline=^M^J,
> scroll_forward=^J,
> set_attributes@,
> max_colors@,
>acs_chars=}\243.\231\,\233+\232
> -\230h\345~\325a\377
> f\246`\235{\210q\361
> i\251n\372m\366
> j\367|\212g\2150\357
> w\363u\371t\364v\370
> l\360k\362x\365,
>
>
> These are the shell customizations I use in my .profile:
>
> #Stop macOS from complaining about us not using the zsh shell, since zsh
> has a bug in it which causes it to spit out unnecessary control codes at
> the prompt.
>
> export BASH_SILENCE_DEPRECATION_WARNING=1
>
>
> # Change to our custom TRS-80 Model 100 terminal definition.
>
> export TERM=trs80-100
>
>
> # Set the terminal to full duplex.
>
> /bin/stty echo
>
>
> # Tell the terminal to send us ASCII text only.
>
> export LANG=C
>
>
> # Tell the terminal to use Control-S/Control-Q flow control
>
> stty ixon ixoff -ixany
>
>
> # Compensate for programs that ignore the TERMINFO variable
>
> stty rows 8 cols 40
>
>
> # Tell the terminal which character to use for backspace
>
> stty erase ^H
>
>
> # Unset the usual definition of Control-\, because the TRS-80 Model 100
> uses that for other things
>
> stty quit undef
>
>
> # Tell the terminal to interpret a carriage return as a newline character
>
> stty icrnl
>
>
> # Force man to use more for paging (which actually ends up being less in
> macOS)
>
> export MANPAGER=more
>
>
> # For some reason, man needs to be reminded of our terminal width.
> Naughty man.
>
> export MANWIDTH=40
>
>
> # Hey, we're monochrome here!
>
> export GCC_COLORS=""
>
>
> # Set our custom, very short, prompt.
>
> export PS1="\h/\W:"
>
>
> # Path stuff, which is always both a bother and a necessity.
>
> export
> PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/Little\
> Snitch.app/Contents/Components
>
>
> # Set the ls command to our custom settings which make it very small on
> the TRS-80.
> # -1 Causes single column output, which is needed because filenames these
> days are often very long
> # -F Adds decorations to the ends of certain entries to indicate of
> they're a directory or executable or other things. This is done because we
> don't have the option of color to differentiate between these items.
>
> alias ls="ls -1 -F"
>
>
> # Set htop to look better on our small screen and low refresh rate.
>
> alias htop="htop --no-color --delay=30 --no-unicode --no-mouse --readonly"
>
>
> # Set some of the lynx options to work better on our small screen and low
> refresh rate. Other lynx settings also have to be changed within the lynx
> config file.
>
> alias lynx="lynx -accept-all-cookies=true -book -nomargins=true
> -nomore=true -noprint=true -nostatus=true -notitle=true -number_links=true
> -number_fields=true -useragent='TRS-80 Model 100 via Lynx' -width=40"
>
>
> # Tell newsboat to stop telling us all its little progress updates.
>
> alias newsboat="newsboat --quiet"
>
>
> # Customization for nano.
>
> alias nano="nano -Opx"
>
>
> # Tell the w3m browser that we're monochrome
>
> alias w3m="w3m -color=0"
>
>
> export PATH="/opt/homebrew/sbin:$PATH”
>
>
> —:—
>
> The most annoying thing is the way Lynx keeps sending you information you
> don’t need. On a high-speed
