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From: markad@blake.acs.washington.edu (Mark Donnell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Incompatable term emulation for pc telecom packages?
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Date: 23 Jul 90 23:10:40 GMT
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I thought it would be straightforward. All I wanted to do was use my pc
at home as a terminal on a sun or next at work. But when I try to
phone in with procomm or qmodem using vt100 emulation, I cannot reliably
use VI or Emacs. I've tried the vt-100 termcaps on both machines plus
a good vt100 termcap from another machine on the NeXT. The lines
on the screen dont match up correctly, and emacs seems totally blown.
alot of the ctrl-keys dont seem to work right. (ex: open file then try
to quit wioth ctrl-z and it comes back with 'do you want to save' or
whatever. It beeps whenever I press most keys, and others generate
some sort of 'inapropriate key' sort of message). I have tried it in
8-n-1 and 7-e-1 for the fun of it.
Any suggestions?

Thanks 
Mark