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From: sirotto@oak.circa.ufl.edu (Mike Cerrato)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: IBM mainframes and VT100's
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Date: 1 Nov 90 02:20:40 GMT
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In article <17667@rouge.usl.edu>, jpd@pc.usl.edu (Dugal James P.) writes:
>In article <0093EFD9.9BCCD320@MAPLE.CIRCA.UFL.EDU> sirotto@oak.circa.ufl.edu (Mike Cerrato) writes:
>>called TN3270 which is supposed to tell the IBM what codes to send and what
>>keys to use so I can emulate a 3270 terminal.  The problem is the IBM says it
>>has no keymap for a VT100 and when the screen fills with information the IBM
>
>RTFM!  tn3270, NOT IBM, is checking your TERM environment variable against
>the list of terminals it knows about.  This list is in map3270.  In my
>version the vt100 IS listed.  If indeed the map3270 file is missing or
>defective, you'll need to find your Unix sysadmin, or build your own version.

Oops.  I stand corrected.  I am a VMS person and didn't recognize the UNIX
pathname.  As it turns out, the map3270 file does have the map for the VT100,
just under the name VT100, not DEC-VT100.  My problem was easily solved by
using the SET command to change the value of TERM to VT100.  Thanx!!
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