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From: ridder@elvira.enet.dec.com (Hans Ridder)
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Subject: Re: Handshake 2.20c questions
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Date: 13 Jun 91 23:19:27 GMT
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In article <3054@public.BTR.COM> thad@public.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan) writes:
>As I promised to do, I *did* check the setup screens to see if there was
>something like "SET ID".
>
>The index of the manual listed a page reference for "device attributes" to
>which I quickly turned, and found only an obscure reference embedded in one
>sentence, and NO clue(s) how to effect it.

Whoops, I think it's clear I've been working here to long.  *I* know
that a "device arributes response" is the same thing as an "ID", doesn't
everyone? ;-)  Sorry, I should have been more specific.

>For reference, I recall the operative phrase to be "DEVICE ATTRIBUTES STRING"
>on the VT340; will have to check it on the VT2?? also.

That's the word.  I didn't want to turn this into
comp.sys.dec-terminals, but since we're talking about Handshake on the
Amiga:

On the VT220, when you select VT100 mode on the General Set-Up screen,
another option pops up which lets you select VT100 ID, VT102 ID, and
VT220 ID.

On the VT320 also on the General Set-Up screen, just to the right of the
"mode" selection there is a box for choosing the ID (with a few more
choices.)

On the VT330's General Set-Up screen, just below the "Terminal Mode"
setting, there is a "Device Attributes Response" setting.  This is a
technical obfuscation of "ID".  The actual name of the escape sequence
(actually a "control sequence,") used for the request and the response
is "Device Attributes," or "DA."

>If it does operate as documented, then problem solved (at least for a real
>DEC VT2??/3??).  But the menu setup option is sure not "easy" to locate, and
>the lack of adequate cross-referencing in DEC's manuals is frustrating (much
>like the lack of any "SEE ALSO" (per UNIX' docs) in any VMS manuals).

In no way am I trying to defend the organization of the VMS manuals, but
there's lots of times I've searched for *days* through the UNIX manuals
pages looking for something I *knew* was there.  Coming from TOPS-20
(what's that?), I figure it has more to do with what you're used to.
Remember the old 1.0 RKM?  Echhh!  Good documentation is hard to write.

>Thanks to everyone for their responses in this regards.

Glad to be of help!

>Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com (OR) {decwrl, mips, fernwood}!btr!thad ]

-hans
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