ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson) (03/21/85)
Two friends are trying without avail to use Persyst's SCOM program on their IBM PC to communicate with a VAX running VMS. They have a Hayes in-board modem. They're able to get CONNECTed, but then (depending on the what they've told SCOM about the number of data bits to transfer, parity, et al.) one of two things happens: 1. In response to tapping the RETURN key, a checkerboard character appears on the screen 2. In response to tapping the RETURN key, Username: appears; after typing in the username (which is correctly echoed) Password: appears; after typing in the password (echoing is correctly suppressed) an "incorrect login" message appears and it's back to square one. Final piece of information: using the program that comes with the Hayes modem, the friends are able to successfully log on to the VMS system. (They want to SCOM program because of its promise of a more complete emulation of a VT100.) If you know the secret of using SCOM with VMS, mail word to me. Thanks. -- VT100 and VMS are Digital Equipment Corporation trademarks. IBM is a self-referential trademark. -- UUCP: ..decvax!seismo!elsie!ado ARPA: elsie!ado@seismo.ARPA DEC, VAX and Elsie are Digital Equipment and Borden trademarks
milt@wlcrjs.UUCP (John Milton) (03/22/85)
In article <5080@elsie.UUCP> version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site wlcrjs.UUCP version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site elsie.UUCP wlcrjs!aicchi!ihnp4!houxm!mhuxt!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!elsie!ado ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson) writes: > appears on the screen... > 2. In response to tapping the RETURN key, > Username: > appears; after typing in the username (which is correctly echoed) > Password: > appears; after typing in the password (echoing is correctly > suppressed) an "incorrect login" message appears and it's back to > square one. >Final piece of information: using the program that comes with the Hayes modem, >the friends are able to successfully log on to the VMS system. (They want to >SCOM program because of its promise of a more complete emulation of a VT100.) > >If you know the secret of using SCOM with VMS, mail word to me. Thanks. >-- >VT100 and VMS are Digital Equipment Corporation trademarks. >IBM is a self-referential trademark. >-- > UUCP: ..decvax!seismo!elsie!ado ARPA: elsie!ado@seismo.ARPA > DEC, VAX and Elsie are Digital Equipment and Borden trademarks I am not absolutely sure this is the answer, but I have hear of the problem before. Look up the setting for "Auto cr/lf". Some terminal programs like to send the characters <cr> <lf> when you press the enter key. When you typed the user name, it really sent: NAME<cr><lf> and the password: PASS<cr><lf>. What happened was the system though the password was <lf>PASS (the VAX thinks lf's are characters too), and gave you the incorrect login message. By turning off the "Auto cr/lf", you will avoid the sending of the extra <lf>s. I hope this solves your problem. After all I could be way off base. (this is my first reply, give me a break) John Milton (ihnp4!wlcrjs!milt is my real address)