sandra@utah-cs.UUCP (Sandra J Loosemore) (05/14/86)
I've been experiencing a problem with the desktop VT52 emulator on a fairly regular basis, and I'm wondering if I'm the only one. What happens is this: some noise comes over the phone line (like when it hangs up on the other end), and suddenly the terminal emulator goes dead. Nothing shows up on the screen, nothing goes out the RS232 port. Going back to the desktop and then back into the terminal emulator doesn't do a thing to unwedge it; you have to hit the reset button. My modem (a Signalman) is admittedly not the most reliable piece of equipment in the world, but I've never had similar problems using it with my Heathkit terminal. Does this sound familiar to anybody? Is there some less catastrophic way to unwedge things? -Sandra (utah-cs!sandra, loosemore@utah-20, decwrl!esunix!loosemor)
franklin@ut-sally.UUCP (Maurice T. Franklin) (05/14/86)
In article <3794@utah-cs.UUCP> sandra@utah-cs.UUCP (Sandra J Loosemore) writes: >I've been experiencing a problem with the desktop VT52 emulator on a >fairly regular basis, and I'm wondering if I'm the only one. What happens >is this: some noise comes over the phone line (like when it hangs up on >the other end), and suddenly the terminal emulator goes dead. Nothing >shows up on the screen, nothing goes out the RS232 port. Going back >to the desktop and then back into the terminal emulator doesn't do a thing >to unwedge it; you have to hit the reset button. My modem (a Signalman) >is admittedly not the most reliable piece of equipment in the world, but >I've never had similar problems using it with my Heathkit terminal. Does >this sound familiar to anybody? Is there some less catastrophic way to >unwedge things? > >-Sandra >(utah-cs!sandra, loosemore@utah-20, decwrl!esunix!loosemor) I've had the same problem, and I don't think it is related to the VT52 emulator itself since the same thing has happened while using the xmodem program emulator as well as with the desktop emulator. I'll have finished a call and want to dial another, but the ATDP 1234567 does not echo on the screen. Turning the modem off and on does nothing, so I have to hit the reset. I'm using a Volks 12 and 520ST. Does anybody in net.land know what's going on here?? Maurice T. Franklin CS Dept University of Texas at Austin UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,harvard,gatech}!ut-sally!franklin ARPA Internet and CSNET: franklin@sally.utexas.edu [Disclaimer: The University of Texas at Austin, the Computer Science Dept, nor just about anybody else, is to be held responsible for what I say here.]
johna@molihp.UUCP (John M Altstadt) (05/22/86)
In article <4912@ut-sally.UUCP> franklin@sally.UUCP (Maurice T. Franklin) writes: >In article <3794@utah-cs.UUCP> sandra@utah-cs.UUCP (Sandra J Loosemore) writes: >>I've been experiencing a problem with the desktop VT52 emulator on a >>fairly regular basis, and I'm wondering if I'm the only one. What happens >>is this: some noise comes over the phone line (like when it hangs up on >>the other end), and suddenly the terminal emulator goes dead. Nothing ... >>-Sandra >>(utah-cs!sandra, loosemore@utah-20, decwrl!esunix!loosemor) > >I've had the same problem, and I don't think it is related to the VT52 emulator >itself since the same thing has happened while using the xmodem program emulator >as well as with the desktop emulator. I'll have finished a call and want to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >dial another, but the ATDP 1234567 does not echo on the screen. Turning the ... > Maurice T. Franklin Please stand by, this is my first use of the net as anything other than a passive reader. I once had a similar problem with my Concorde modem and the XMODEM terminal emulator that was posted to the net as source a while back. Whenever I went into file capture mode before I was connected to some other machine, the <ctrl>S that was sent out would be echoed back to my ST by the modem! Voila, nobody talks to anybody anymore! I don't know if this is the problem of the first poster, since it is fairly unlikely that spurious line noise would become ^S, but it sounds possible for the second poster. John M. Altstadt
franklin@ut-sally.UUCP (Maurice T. Franklin) (05/24/86)
In article <160@molihp.UUCP> johna@molihp.UUCP (John M Altstadt) writes: >In article <4912@ut-sally.UUCP> franklin@sally.UUCP (Maurice Franklin) writes: >>In article <3794@utah-cs.UUCP> sandra@utah-cs.UUCP (Sandra Loosemore) writes: >>>I've been experiencing a problem with the desktop VT52 emulator on a >>>fairly regular basis, and I'm wondering if I'm the only one. What happens >>>is this: some noise comes over the phone line (like when it hangs up on >>>the other end), and suddenly the terminal emulator goes dead. Nothing >>>-Sandra >>>(utah-cs!sandra, loosemore@utah-20, decwrl!esunix!loosemor) >> >>...the desktop emulator. I'll have finished a call and want to >>dial another, but the ATDP 1234567 does not echo on the screen. Turning the.. >> Maurice T. Franklin > >I once had a similar problem with my Concorde modem and the XMODEM.... >Whenever I went into file capture mode before I was connected to >some other machine, the <ctrl>S that was sent out would be echoed >back to my ST by the modem! Voila, nobody talks to anybody anymore! > >I don't know if this is the problem of the first poster, since it is >fairly unlikely that spurious line noise would become ^S, but it sounds >possible for the second poster. > John M. Altstadt Could be, could be. I don't think its related to the XMODEM program, since I seldom use capture mode. It could be that the line noise sandra refers to, which I also get whenever I disconnect, might just have a ^S in it. If it did, would this cause the RS232 line to hang? Remember, turning the modem off doesn't do any good, only rebooting. Anybody else have comments/solutions? Maurice T. Franklin CS Dept University of Texas at Austin UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,harvard,gatech}!ut-sally!franklin ARPA Internet and CSNET: franklin@sally.utexas.edu [Disclaimer: The University of Texas at Austin, the Computer Science Dept, nor just about anybody else, is to be held responsible for what I say here.]