Subject: Re: Getting TERM right
To: Beaker <beaker@myrealbox.com>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 08/03/2003 10:52:19
> In message <m19j3Pf-000B44C@proven.weird.com> "Greg A. Woods" so eloquently wrote:
> > I'd probably still be using my real VT100s for serial consoles but they
> > either do Xon/Xoff flow control and/or drop characters even at 9600 bps.
> > They are, after all, being driven by a measly old 8080 CPU with, IIRC, a
> > polled UART for I/O.

i wrote PC terminal emulator years ago that worked at 115200 on
4.77Mhz PC-XT. it's rather bad coding.

> >
> > (I do regularly still use my at&t 605 -- it's the console terminal on my
> > terminal server and I have a few at&t DMDs that I still like to use but
> > they're rather large and somewhat heavy and I don't have room for one on
> > my desk at the moment)
>
> Speaking of real terminals: I've got a Wyse-60 thats exhibitng the
> following:  with the "personality" set to VT-100 and most other
> setting at thier defaults, the page lengths appear to be too long.
> For example, typing 'more filename' causes each page to over scroll
> which in turn mucks up the display. I've tried several differnt
> personalities - VT-52, Wyse60, ansi -  but most display worse than
> VT-100 and all exhibit the paging problem. Is there some additional
> tweak needed to fix this?
>
> -Beaker
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