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Type determination via inquiry

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From: Frank H Deutschmann
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 03:49
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Is anyone aware of whether or not there exists a software package for
unix that can determine terminal type by ASCII inquiry (a la VMS)?  I
am also interested to know if terminals that respond to the inquiry
message distinguish which type of keyboard (or which keyboard
nationality mode) is active in their response.  If no program to
perform this inquiry exists, I would like to build one (for public
domain distribution, of course), but I do not know where I can get a
list of terminal response IDs.  Please e-mail me any info you might
have regarding this...thanks.
-frank
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From: fhd@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Frank H Deutschmann)
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Subject: Type determination via inquiry
Message-ID: <1990Mar1.034914.11289@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 1 Mar 90 03:49:14 GMT
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