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Article #105Re: Old MVs still have their uses.
From: Coleman Poag
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 11:10
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 11:10
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In article <BvB7ov.8DM@world.std.com>, jeffb@world.std.com (Jeffrey T Berntsen) writes:
|> poag@blues.rtp.dg.com (Coleman Poag) writes:
|>
|> >In article <2925840141.0.p00078@psilink.com>, "Andrew Luck" <p00078@psilink.com> writes:
|>
|> >|>
|> >|> Also, a termcap or terminfo file for the Unix boxes which could
|> >|> emulate Data General terminals (D200 up (D470 anyone?)) or similar
|> >|> files for the DG side which could emulate vt series would be greatly appreciated.
|>
|> > AOS/VS II supports VT100 translations for control codes and cursor
|> > positioning. There's a file in :UTIL called DGXTERM_DEFAULTS that
|> > can be used to get xterm to generate DG codes for function keys.
|> > I believe that AOS/VS can also do VT100 translations, but only if
|> > you've connected via a termserver/termcontroller.
|>
|> Hmmm... Under AOS/VS 7.69 I get VT100 translations through a plain old
|> LAC-12 (IAC-12) board in an MV2000/DC. That only thru a termserver stuff
|> may be valid for TELNET sessions though.
OK, that's what I get for posting a followup message without checking the facts first.
Here's the real scoop from the release notice.
5) AOS/VS Update 7.65 supports VT100-compatible terminals on some
asynchronous controllers.
This VT100 support translates some VT100 and VT220 input
character sequences, such as cursor keys, function keys, and
returned device status, into comparable DASHER D200 input. On
output, AOS/VS recognizes DASHER D200 commands and translates
them into VT100 commands.
While not available on host-based controllers (VSGEN devices
CON0 and DRT) or IOP controllers(VSGEN devices ATI and AMI),
VT100 support is automatically available on all other
controllers, except that IAC-16s present a special case.
IAC-16s do not have enough local memory to hold the code and
data required for VT100 translation on 16 lines. IAC-16s with
translation can only support 10 lines with default ring buffer
sizes. With small enough ring buffers, up to 14 lines may be
supported(14 lines require ring buffers of 9 bytes or less).
If too many lines are genned with VT100 translation on an
IAC-16, then AOS/VS will display an error message at system
boot time about overscribed IAC memory.
For more information on any of these terminal options, consult
the manual for your terminal. Also see the new CHARACTERIS-
TICS switch, /XLT, described in the CLI features section of
this release notice, and the new Appendix F in the
documentation-changes file for the manual Command Line Inter-
preter (CLI) User's Manual, whose pathname is
:UTIL:093_000122_07.
Sorry about that.
|>
|> >--
|>
|> >Coleman Poag Internet: poag@dg-rtp.dg.com
|> >ECLIPSE Commercial Software UUCP: {world}!mcnc!rti!dg-rtp!poag
|> >Data General Corporation
|> >62 T.W. Alexander Drive
|> >RTP, NC. 27709 Phone: 919-248-5974
|>
|> Commercial Software? Which products to you folks deal with?
ECLIPSE Commercial Software is the name of the department that does all of
the ECLIPSE software that's in RTP. We have the databases and languages and
a few tools (SMU, SGU, SORT/MERGE).
|>
|> Jeff Berntsen
|> jeffb@world.std.com
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