Subject: Re: vt220 problem
To: Peter Joules <peter@joules0.demon.co.uk>
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@Update.UU.SE>
List: port-vax
Date: 04/13/2000 08:17:25
On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Peter Joules wrote:

> Since I have hooked up a VT220 instead of my VT320 I have a strange
> problem, I would like some advice as to whether this is related to the
> terminal setup or to NetBSD.
> 
> The display gets corrupted by reversed question marks at random points
> in the text.  This happens both during the boot process and during
> normal use.  The terminal is set up as English with a North American
> keyboard.  The comms set up is correct for the MicroVAX 3100 to which it
> is attached.

You haven't turned on flow control. Those fat backward question marks
indicate buffer overflows.

	Johnny

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