Gary,
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>How about vt100?
>
if I tell it vt100 (which I used first) the cursor arrow keys don't 
work in vi...don't work at all!  This is why I had to ftp the rc.conf
file over to another machine to edit it...at first I thought that was
why it was dropping into single-user on every boot...now I know I have
to tell it 'netbsd -a'....oh, the install doc I have (dated 23 March 99)
does not mention that at all...

>I haven't had any terminal navigation issues that you seem to be. Then
>again I'm not using X and just using a WYSE 520 as a serial console.
>
ok, I'm on the attached DEC keyboard...lets call it the console of the
DECstation..

and, using that 'console' sometimes if I read a man page, something puts
the video in inverse mode..and it won't 'reset'.  Nothing I do at that
point will get it back to 'normal' short of booting the darn thing...

Paul