Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!varian!kinetics!minshall From: minshall@kinetics.UUCP (Greg Minshall) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Sun to IBM Full Screen Operation Message-ID: <669@kinetics.UUCP> Date: 17 Nov 88 22:55:46 GMT References: Organization: Kinetics, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA Lines: 20 From article , by jwegl@DDN-WMS.ARPA (John Wegl): > We have a Sun 3/280 connected to the DDN using the Sun provided > DDN interface. On the back side of the Sun we have a number of > WYSE terminals emulating VT-100s. We are trying to connect from those ... > to change our TELNET from character mode to line mode. However, once > we are there we lose some functionality--mainly, we can't get cursor > movement using the arrow keys; and using shift F3 does not do a screen > print but just echoes. Those are the only problems we have identified ... > Any solutions or suggestions are welcome. One solution is to run "tn3270" on the Sun. Tn3270, which emulates a 3270 terminal, allows terminals (and the sun console itself) to be used as 3278 terminals on the IBM mainframe. You can get ahold of tn3270 from the Campus Software Office at UC Berkeley, (415)643-7201. Greg Minshall