brp@tifsil.UUCP (Bill Petersen) (10/09/87)
I am having some strange problems with Procomm. I am dialing into
a DEC Micro Vax II, running Ultrix 2.0-1. It and other dial-in terminals
think the line is 8-bits, no-parity, 1-stopbit. When I use Procomm set to
those settings, the host sees everything just fine, but I get jibberish back
on my screen. I have tried 8-bits with all different parities (I know that
doesn't really make sense but Procomm will let you do it). All give me
jibberish. It does work ok with 7-bits, 1-stopbit and EITHER even or odd
parity. Explain that one!
My question is what is going on here? Other dumb terminals and
VT100s and Vt220s think the line is 8-databits, no parity. I assume
of course that Procomm is doing something it shouldn't (most people call
this a bug, others a feature), but I would like Procomm to be a little more
predictable.
Other than that ... Procomm is the best terminal emulator I've used.
And I have used many. Including Cross-talk, plain-vanilla Kermit, BITCOM,
PC-TALK, VT100/TV970 emulators, ... Procomm looks like PC-TALK enhanced
to the MAX. Many of the function-keys have the same meaning. But there is
many more transfer procotols and it looks much nicer. But then, PC-TALK
was probably written much before Procomm and was meant to be functional. I
tip my hat to the authors of Procomm.
One other question. From Procomm you can bring up a "program
information screen". It has a number of a bulletin-board to call for
support. I get a message that that number is out of order. Anybody have
a better phone number/way of getting to the authors for support.
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Bill Petersen