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From: mtarrani@crash.cts.com (Mike Tarrani)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: pc vt100 terminal emulation and IBM mainframe's
Keywords: vt100 MORE terminal emulation IBM mainframe
Message-ID: <223@crash.cts.com>
Date: 20 Aug 89 19:37:39 GMT
References: <8647@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <1535@hydra.gatech.EDU> <459@wet.UUCP>
Reply-To: mtarrani@.UUCP (Mike Tarrani)
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Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA
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In article <459@wet.UUCP> epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott) writes:
>In article <1535@hydra.gatech.EDU> bb16@prism.gatech.EDU (BOSTATER,Scott) writes:
>%In article <8647@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, lynch@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Tim Lynch) writes:
>%> 
>%> I'm running Procomm 2.1, doing vt100 emulation and trying to connect
>%> to an IBM mainframe.  My problem is that, once connected, I'm stuck
>%> at the MORE... prompt.  What key clears the screen?  ENTER, from the
>%
>%  Your major problem is connecting to the IBM mainframe in the first 
>%  place :)
>%
>%  All joking/needling aside, press <ESC>. to clear the screen. Unforunately,
>%  procomm's vt100 emulation isn't perfect.
>
>IBM's standard 7171 definition uses keypad ENTER--ESC O M.
>Your major problem is using Procomm in the first place. :(
>Get Kermit 2.32/A.  Its VT102 emulation is damn near perfect.
>
>					-=EPS=-


Why is VT102 emulation used to communicate with an IBM mainframe
in the first place?  VT102 is the emulation for Digital Equipment
Corporation minicomputers ... ProComm has an IBM 3101 emulation
that might result in more success!


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Mike Tarrani
Network Analyst
CBMS, Inc San Diego, CA
619/470-6008
crash!mtarrani@nosc.mil