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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: termcap entry needed for IBM 3270
Message-ID: <9372@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 14 Jan 89 12:57:34 GMT
References: <236@pwa-b.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <236@pwa-b.UUCP> miorelli@pwa-b.UUCP (BoB Miorelli) writes:
>We have a mode where our IBM users use telnet to log into our Unix
>system (4.3 BSD, VAX 750) over the Ethernet.  It works, except that
>terminal type IBM 3270 is unknown and Unix assigns the terminal type 'unknown'
>which, of course, is the same as 'dumb'.  If anyone has a 3270 termcap
>entry it would certainly be appreciated.

I don't think it's feasible to use the IBM 3270 in curses mode.
A termcap entry for the IBM 3270 would look remarkably like the
one for "dumb" terminals.

Perhaps you can find a software emulation of a real ASCII terminal
that can be used in conjunction with an IBM 3270 display unit.