[mod.computers.vax] Terminal Servers

janderson@hqafsc-vax.UUCP.UUCP (02/22/87)

 
 
 
 
 
 
          We are working with terminal servers (LATCP 5.1). When we first
          began to use the servers we found a problem with LTDRIVER.EXE. It
          was bringing our terminals in as 8-bit rather than 7-bit ASCII.
          This caused us real fits when we tried to use Allin1's WPSPLUS on
          VT100s, so we went to virtual terminals (VTAxx) and used
          TTDRIVER.EXE. This solved the problem.
 
          It seems now that our 'watchdog' program has problems translating
          two virtual terminals into something it can deal with.
 
          My question is: Did we do something wrong when we set up the LATS
          and/or has a later version (this was orginally done back in June)
          of the driving software or LTDRIVER corrected the problem?
 
          Any ideas?
 
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LAV@BRANDEIS.BITNET.UUCP (02/22/87)

> We are working with terminal servers (LATCP 5.1). When we first
> began to use the servers we found a problem with LTDRIVER.EXE. It
> was bringing our terminals in as 8-bit rather than 7-bit ASCII.
 
The release notes for LATplus 1.1 say this:
 
  o  /EIGHTBIT characteristic - The V1.0 software incorrectly set this
     characteristic according to the terminal server port's character
     size.  This has been corrected in V1.1.
 
May be the cause of your problem---I haven't tried this version yet
myself.
 
John Lavagnino (lav @ brandeis.bitnet)
Systems programmer, Feldberg Computer Center, Brandeis University
415 South Street
Waltham, MA  02254
617-736-4594