Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!cbosgd!mhuxj!houxm!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!info-mac From: info-mac@uw-beaver.UUCP Newsgroups: fa.info-mac Subject: Re: MacTerminal Answerback message Message-ID: <2188@uw-beaver> Date: Sun, 11-Nov-84 03:00:22 EST Article-I.D.: uw-beave.2188 Posted: Sun Nov 11 03:00:22 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Nov-84 06:21:18 EST Sender: yenbut@uw-beave Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 9 From: Charles Carvalho The problem is that Unix is expecting 8 data bits (or seven plus parity) between the start and stop bits; the Macintosh is sending 7 data bits but no parity bit between the start and stop bits. Assuming no idle time between characters, the resulting shift causes "[?1;2c" to be seen as "[E;V" (possibly followed by "t"). The solution is to tel MacTerminal to send either 8 bits, no parity, or 7 bits, space parity. /Charles ------