Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!psgdc!rg From: rg@psgdc (Dick Gill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr Subject: ttyb weirdness Message-ID: <272@psgdc> Date: 1 Feb 90 16:21:58 GMT Organization: Professional Solutions Group, Vienna VA Lines: 38 I have a client experiencing some real weirdness in connection with the ttyb port. The configuration is a 32/650 (2.01.01) with 16MB RAM, 8-HPSIO's (8-port), Wyse-50 terminals, 3-SCSI discs, 1-45MB tape, 1-150MB tape and one 9-track tape. The system currently has about 35 users active throughout the day. This problem has been around for months, but I personally incountered it this morning and will try to describe it accurately. The ttyb terminal was at a login, and I entered my login name. After hitting a , the cursor moved down a line and to the left, but did not ask for a password. Another got me the password prompt and I entered the password, again followed by a . Once again the cursor moved to the left and down a line but the system did not respond. After another the system responded that the login was invalid and asked for a login again. Several additional tries gave me the same result. The client said that the only way to straighten out this problem was to power the terminal off and on again. I did powered the terminal off and all at once a message from tty? appeared on almost all of the other terminals. The content of the message was the keystrokes I had entered in trying to log in, including my user name, password and all of the CR/LF sequences! Upon powering up again I was able to login normally, but soon hit the same situation where the key did not work properly. Upon turning the terminal off and on again, more messages were sent to the other terminals. NCR has replaced the PMC board and the terminal has been swapped with one that works fine. As a further test, I changed the cables on the back of the Tower and put another terminal (and cable) on the ttyb port; same problem! Any ideas? Thanks Dick Gill