riddle@woton.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (07/13/88)
We are in the process of evaluating an AT&T 6386 running Simultask-386 (aka VP/ix), which lets us run DOS under Unix. This requires the use of a supplement to termcap/terminfo which maps between DOS i/o and what a terminal understands. We're pulling our hair out trying to find terminals and configuration files which will let us run DOS satisfactorily from a serial line. (The complications caused by incompatible character sets, screen sizes and key combinations get to be pretty ugly.) One of the few terminals which Simultask-386 claims to support is the AT&T 605. Unfortunately its config file (/usr/vpix/term/605) contains the following caveat: >> * NOTE: To fix keyboard mapping problem in 605 ROM, we no longer use >> * The 605 in PC compatible mode. (+,-; /,*; keys are reversed) >> * If the rom is fixed someday remove the following and change >> * pccompat to y in section iii. In the meantime, we introduce a >> * special type of pccompat - k. k means I'm a dumb terminal >> * but I use scan codes so I send 8 bit chars. Does anyone know any more about this? Is there any chance that the ROM bug has been or will be fixed? How much of a problem does this cause in practice? (We don't yet have our hands on a 605 terminal.) And if anyone is happily running DOS under Unix from remote terminals, could you please let us know what your solution is? -- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.") -- Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer. -- riddle%woton.uucp@cs.utexas.edu uunet!ut-sally!cs.utexas.edu!woton!riddle -- Shriners Burns Institute, 610 Texas Ave. Rm. 4-8, Galveston, TX 77553 USA -- telephone (409)-761-4701 FAX (409)-761-4003
gmv@cbnews.ATT.COM (G. Michael Vrbanac) (07/14/88)
In article <1095@woton.UUCP>, riddle@woton.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) writes: > We are in the process of evaluating an AT&T 6386 running Simultask-386 > (aka VP/ix), which lets us run DOS under Unix. This requires the use > of a supplement to termcap/terminfo which maps between DOS i/o and what > a terminal understands. > > We're pulling our hair out trying to find terminals and configuration > files which will let us run DOS satisfactorily from a serial line. > (The complications caused by incompatible character sets, screen sizes > and key combinations get to be pretty ugly.) One of the few terminals > which Simultask-386 claims to support is the AT&T 605. Unfortunately > its config file (/usr/vpix/term/605) contains the following caveat: > text deleted > > Does anyone know any more about this? Is there any chance that the ROM > bug has been or will be fixed? How much of a problem does this cause in > practice? (We don't yet have our hands on a 605 terminal.) > I have a 6386, UNIX, VPIX (a.k.a. Simul-Task) and a 605 terminal. The setup screen for the 605 has four choices for "Terminal Mode" which are: norm, XT, AT1 and AT2. Norm is regular old ascii and the other three are flavors of IBM PC keyboards. I have never been able to make it talk to UNIX (nor VPIX either, for that matter) in any of the PC keyboard scan-code modes. The only thing that talks is "norm" mode which obviates the advantages of the 605. I have not been able to locate any documentation, guidelines or directives on how to make it work. Mike Vrbanac {att!}cblpf!gmv