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1 total messages Started by Ramaswamy Krishnan Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:46
Can you identify this terminal?
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Author: Ramaswamy Krishnan
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:46
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I need to identify a terminal - manufacturer, terminal name etc.
so I can get a manual for it and set up a termcap entry.  Any help
from you net-folks will be appreciated very much.

The terminal has the name "MAI Basic Four" in the front.
In the back it says "Made in Korea".

I tried some popular termcap entries, and it seems to work best as
TVI950-b (basic TVI950).  However, there are some glitches now and
then and the terminal gets into some mode(s) that freeze the keyboard.

The terminal has a separate base on which the CRT part is mounted so
the screen can be rotated left/right/up/down.  The base has a rs232
port and a printer port at the back.  The power switch is at the
left side of the base (toward the front).

It has a paper white screen with reverse video.  The terminal and
keyboard color are white.  The screen has a status line at the top
separated from the rest of the screen by a thin line.

Some of the Words that Appear on the status line are : "Cp" (meaning
CAPS is on), and "Bk" (don't know what it is but it freezes keyboard).

The terminal Setup Screen is got by pressing <Function><Numpad 0>.
The setup screen has 2 columns of setup parameters.  We have
to use the arrow keys from NumPad to toggle values.

The keyboard looks similar to vt100 keyboard with num keypad.
However, it has keys F1 to F12 as the topmost row of the keyboard
and Esc key is at the right corner with backspace below it and delete
below that.  There are no separate arrow keys - <Shift><NumPad5> is
<LeftArrow> etc. as in PCs.

Some keys have a 2nd function written in red.  To use these functions,
these keys have to be pressed with the red <function> key located at the
bottom right of keyboard.  For example, <Function><Numpad 0> is Terminal
Setup.

The terminal seems to be fairly new - made in '89 and has features of
most nice terminals such as Setup from keypad (not jumpers), speed upto
19200, screen saver option, etc.  It even has about 8 language modes.

So much for details.

If you know the manufacturer, have a manual for it, know how to use it,
or even better, have a termcap entry for it, be assured that you will
help a soul in distress to get onto the net :)

Thanks in advance.

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