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From: "Hugh_Messenger.EuroPARC"@Xerox.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: VT52 Emulation ..
Message-ID: <881003-055901-3134@Xerox>
Date: 3 Oct 88 12:57:32 GMT
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Hi,

I've only just subscribed to Info-Atari16, so no flames if this is an old,
old question ..

I'm having hassle with the VT52 emulator DA.  I use a Dowty Quattro modem,
talking at 2400, 7 bits, one stop bit, even parity, flow control on, full
duplex.  As I am currently only using it to read my email from home, I'm
not using any comms packages, just the emulator.  It is running on a Mega
ST4.

It all works just fine for a while, then the Atari seems to to chuck out a
massively long string of nuls (^@'s), interspersed with everything I have
typed so far in the session.  Once it finishes outputting everything I have
typed (including my password in legible format!) it carries on working just
fine, for a few minutes, then .... you guessed it ...
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@1itscambsitshippo********yyy12,45,67nnn^@^@^@^@
[etc etc etc].

I am fairly sure that the Atari is responsible for the spurious crap, as
the TX light on the modem is lit while the above is happening.

Another slight annoyance is that when I log in to any Un*x systems (most
often a Sun 3/140 running SunOs 3.4), the terminal type is not recognised
and defaults to DM2500.  set term=vt52 works OK, but surely the emulation
should answer Un*x's request for terminal identification?  Or is SunOs
getting it wrong, after all, we all know what terrible machines Suns are
:-)

Any suggestions, answers, hints, gratuitous insults etc gratefully
received.

   -- Hugh

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