Default character flow

As shipped, the TinyTERM Emulator is configured to work properly in existing installations: everything is considered to be operating in the standard IBM PC code page, 437, as illustrated in Figure 2. (Window versions of TERM, including the TinyTERM Emulator, actually use the Windows ANSI (1250) keyboard code page.) This allows the new version to be completely compatible with current installations; no configuration changes will need to be made if users needs are being met currently.

Figure 2. Default character flow in the TERM and TinyTERM Emulators

This default configuration will support many users "out of the box." For instance, a the TinyTERM Emulator user communicating with a SunOS system would have no problems, as SunOS uses 7-bit ASCII for character data storage. Many SunOS utilities are not "8-bit clean" and therefore do not support extended character sets. Since the lower half of code page 437 corresponds exactly to 7-bit ASCII, this solution meets all the needs of a SunOS user.