At 9:17 PM -0600 1/24/06, compoobah at valleyimplants.com wrote: Check the freeware CD's or VMS FAQ, there should be something on them about fixing the file attributes after they get munged by FTP. If you could go straight to the VMS system that should also cure the problem, as it's introduced by transferring the files to a non-VMS system. Have you got a KVM on there? I had problems with my Multia loosing the keyboard on a KVM. I think I only had DEC keyboards, but an SGI PS/2 keyboard should work. The Multia is a bad choice, as are the DEC 3000 series. An AlphaStation 200 4/233 or better would be OK, but a DEC PWS 433au or better would be an even better choice. One thing to pay close attention to is RAM. The realistic minimum is 128MB, but really you want 192MB or more. Watch out for systems that take non-standard RAM, such as the AlphaStation 500, if you get one, make sure it has all the RAM you'll want. I bought my AlphaStation 500/333 from Compaq for a sizeable chunk of change right after they bought DEC, I've never really used it, as more RAM was to expensive, it turned out to be cheaper to get a DEC PWS 433au! Oh, the spec's on a AlphaStation 200 4/233 say it can only go up to 384MB (6x64Mb), in reality it can go up to 768MB (6x128Mb), the trick is finding 128MB 72-pin true parity SIMM's! Zane -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

I recently obtained a Symbol Technologies 1510A made as a dedicated laser scanner, that is, eprom'ed to do a specific task. It seems to have a lot of capabilities at hand, like a full keyboard, RS232, 64 character display, ruggedized, and what looks like an acoustic coupler and a phone RJ11. It Is very dedicated to some companies task (flow rates, drawing numbers, etc), however, the EPROM is placed in a ZIF right under the battery door. Removing the rom just brings up a keypress tester. So, here's the longshot. Anybody have a standard terminal program for a Symbol 1510A? This is very analagous to the Panasonic HHC situation. John A.