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From: rich@rexago1.UUCP (K. Richard Magill)
Newsgroups: net.micro.att
Subject: Re: Console and contty weirdness with tape streamer
Message-ID: <173@rexago1.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 10:39:41 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 20 10:39:41 1986
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In article <280@chinet.UUCP> jjd@chinet.UUCP (Joe Durnavich) writes:
>I'm having a problem with my 3b2/300.  I just installed the eXpansion
>Module with a tape streamer, and now I get lots of at symbols (@) 
>with any data sent to a terminal on the console or contty port.
>They only appear when data is being sent to the terminal. The problem
>is intermittent in that it will come and go for a few hours at
>a time.  I tried different terminals on those ports just to make
>sure it wasn't a terminal problem (a Wyse50 and a 4410).  Terminals
>on I/O Expansion cards run fine though.  Anybody ever seen this
>before?

Yes, indeed!  And you don't need a streaming tape to see it.  I had
a 3b2/300 console on my desk only until I could get rid of it.  The problem
is known to att.  Ask the hotline for:

	UCS Large Process Kernal Patch 12/11/85
	UCS Clist Boundary Kernal Patch 12/11/85

We put this in about 2 months ago & we haven't *seen* the problem again,
but then none of us is willing to use console full time.  The problem is
intermittant & can write many different patterns across your screen.  The
pattern seems relatively constant per machine but varies across machines.
Mine looked like @@'@@  @.  Cute, Huh?

K. Richard Magill