Path: utzoo!attcan!lsuc!maccs!khindria
From: khindria@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Vivek Khindria (CSU))
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: another mskermit question
Keywords: mskermit,break key,vt keyboard
Message-ID: <2697F3CB.6126@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Date: 9 Jul 90 03:02:34 GMT
References: <10510@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Distribution: comp
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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In article <10510@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> pwong@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Patrick Wong) writes:
>Hi:
>
>I sometimes use my laptop as a VT320 terminal at my office.  That is,
>I connect it directly to a DEC terminal server and communicate with
>a VAX at 19200 baud.  Now, if it is a true VT terminal, I can have
>two session logged on at the same time and I can jump from one to
>the other by hitting a "break" key to obtain the prompt "local >",
>and then I just hit "f" to go forward to the other session.
>
>The question is: which key (or combination of keys) on my pc keyboard
>will do the same job as the "break" key on a VT terminal keyboard ?
>Thanx in advance !
>
>Patrick
>pcw@squid.graphics.cornell.edu


    The problem may not be as simple as determining the equivalent  break key
for you pc terminal emulator.  Your modem may be connecting to a modem that
hangs directly off your VAX host.  If this is the case, then you can not easily
get multiple sessions.  This is different from the terminal that are connected
to a terminal server, which is what provides the multiple sessions.  In summary,check that the modem that you connect to is connected to a terminal server.

Vivek Khindria
McMaster Univeristy
Hamilton Ont Canada