TinyTERM ITX allows the user to set colors for foreground text, the background, the cursor and bold text. In contrast, TinyTERM for Windows allows the user to set sixteen foreground and background colors, covering all combinations of text attributes: normal, bold, reverse, blink and underline. However, it does not allow the user to change cursor color.

Century Software, Inc., has received a request to give TinyTERM ITX the same flexibility in color mapping as TinyTERM for Windows.

CR 918

The Wyse50 and Wyse60 emulations display protected mode text as reverse on Mac, Linux and iOS devices. This is hard to read in some circumstances. Century Software, Inc., has received a request to allow other options for displaying protected text, similar to the options in TinyTERM for Windows.

In TinyTERM for iPad version 1.2.0, this was updated to display protected mode text in bold.

CR 942

OS X uses function keys for a number of functions. So do most terminal emulations. Century Software, Inc. has had a request to add function key buttons to the TinyTERM ITX user interface, so that the keyboard function keys can be used for their standard Mac functions.

CR 941, added in TinyTERM ITX 1.0.6

Century Software, Inc., has received several requests for RS232 serial support in TinyTERM for iPad. Now that the Redpark Serial Cable for iOS has been approved officially by Apple, we are exploring the possibility of using it with TinyTERM.

Adding Bluetooth serial support to TinyTERM is more problematic. As of version 5, iOS does not support Serial Port Profile (SPP). The best wireless solution for now is a wifi-to-RS232 device, which is fully supported both by iOS and by TinyTERM.

CR 903, Bluetooth
CR 940, serial cable

Many host applications display shaded boxes by drawing some of the character cells around the box in black. At certain screen resolutions, TinyTERM will display light-colored lines between these cells.

This is a draw bug allowing a TinyTERM default background color through. It happens on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.

CR 939

TinyTERM for iPad uses a fixed amount of space for its custom keyboards, roughly the same screen area used by the standard iPad keyboard. Century Software, Inc., has had a request to make that amount of space adjustable. In particular, fewer keyboard rows would free up screen space for emulator display.

CR 938

To automate the login process in TinyTERM, open the Edit menu and select either Settings(TinyTERM 4.65 or higher) or Session Properties(TinyTERM 4.64 or lower). When the Session Properties dialog opens, click on the Login tab. Enter your username and password in the appropriate boxes, and check the Login at connect box. Click OK to close the dialog, then go to the File menu and select Save Session. The next time TinyTERM connects to the server, it will login automatically.

This process will work for telnet or RS232 connections. SSH connections include the username as part of the connection negotiation, so the Login at connect box is not available or necessary.

Automated login is only available in TinyTERM for Windows at this point. It has not yet been added to TinyTERM ITX or TinyTERM for iPad.

For more information about automating login, including the available control strings, please see this Knowledge Base entry.

When running TinyTERM on a Windows 7 PC and connecting via RS232 (Serial), the numeric keypad gives inconsistent output. At a shell prompt it works as designed. Inside applications, it fails intermittently. The Force NumLock On keyboard option has no effect on this behavior.

CR 936

Using IBM3151 emulation, TinyTERM for iPad and TinyTERM ITX display letters where lines should be drawn instead. This works properly in TinyTERM for Windows.

CR 934, fixed in TinyTERM ITX 1.0.5

There are several errors in the STD 1253 Windows Greek Code Page used for received data. For example, the lower-case Zeta, Xi and upper-case Omega characters are incorrect. They should be ζ, ξ and Ω respectively.

To fix this problem, download this patch. It contains two files, codepage.dat for use with TinyTERM, and cp1253.ttcodepage for use with TinyTERM for iPad.

To use codepage.dat, locate the existing copy of the file in the TinyTERM directory, normally C:/Program Files/Century/TinyTERM. Rename that file as a backup, then copy this version of the file into the same directory. The next time you start TinyTERM, the corrected file will be in use.

To use cp1253.ttcodepagewith TinyTERM for iPad, follow the instructions for syncing filesin the TinyTERM for iPad documentation.

CR 933, fixed in TinyTERM 4.7.0