25 Mar
2002
25 Mar
'02
1:41 p.m.
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Roger Merchberger wrote:
Rumor has it that pat(a)cart-server.purdueriots.com may
have mentioned these
words:
Of course, you could also just use a PeeCee (or perhaps a classic box)
with an ANSI compatible terminal emulator- minicom for *nix or CRT for
windows works pretty well. Once you get decwindows up and running, you
can start 'terminal sessions' (like xterms) that'll do the terminal
emulation so you can use a full-screen editor.
Also there are other DECW$*.COM files that go with decwindows in
SYS$MANAGER: that may be helpful.
-- Pat
On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Roger Merchberger wrote:
Well, I've rescued a Wyse sumthinorother terminal, unknown condition but
with an RJ-11 interface for the keyboard, and over the winter, I've finally
found an RJ11-based Wyse keyboard... but with the move, I've not had time
to actually test it... let alone I don't have a serial adapter that will
work for it (or at least I'm not sure...) so that's something else I'd have
to do... I've tried 'help' but there are a lot
of things that *just* *won't* *run*
whatsoever, including [but not limited to] every text editor I've tried,
because I can't figure out how to get the terminal screen configured...
which (of course, with my luck) 'help' either 1) doesn't tell me, or 2) has
obfuscated it *so* badly that I won't have a chance in Hades of ever
finding it there...
If you have an ANSI terminal (or a vtXXX) hooked up to it, all you need to
do is 'set term/ansi'. If you're using a framebuffer monitor, I think
you're outa luck, both myself and a guy I know that worked for DEC either
can't figure it out or have deemed it impossible to do ANSI emulation on
those things (or anything useful). My suggestion is to try and get it to
work with a text-terminal first.