casey@asi.com (Casey Bahr) (03/21/91)
Sorry if this belongs in the FAQ file. I'm trying to use a modem communications program on my Kaypro 10. It appears to be a derivative of MDM730 (sic?). The on-line documentation, however, doesn't give me a clue as to what type of terminal it's emulating, which is where I'm having trouble. Somewhere else in other documentation I remember seeing that the Kaypro emulates a Lear-Siegler adm3a, so that's how I've tried setting the termcap on the Unix (Sun) machine I'm trying to connect to. Everything except vi seems to be working ok (TERM and TERMCAP in my environment look right for an adm3a). In vi I get a garbled screen that makes editing pretty difficult. I remember long ago using a Kaypro II and I think the same comm. pgm., but I don't remember how I got around this problem. I'm pretty illiterate in this area, so I'm hoping someone in this group can enlighten me or provide some heuristics to getting the termcap set properly. Or maybe direct me to a different comm. package. I do have a printed document for SUPRTERM, which says it emulates an adm3a, but I can't find that software on any of my disks. Thanks in advance, Casey Bahr casey@asi.com | ogicse!adaptive!casey | uunet!adaptive!casey Adaptive Solutions, Inc., 1400 NW Compton Dr. Suite 340, Beaverton, OR 97006 VOICE: (503) 690.1236 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ FAX: (503) 690.1249
donm@pnet07.cts.com (Don Maslin) (03/23/91)
casey@asi.com (Casey Bahr) writes: > >I'm trying to use a modem communications program on my Kaypro 10. >It appears to be a derivative of MDM730 (sic?). The on-line >documentation, however, doesn't give me a clue as to what type of >terminal it's emulating, which is where I'm having trouble. Somewhere >else in other documentation I remember seeing that the Kaypro emulates >a Lear-Siegler adm3a, so that's how I've tried setting the termcap >on the Unix (Sun) machine I'm trying to connect to. Everything >except vi seems to be working ok (TERM and TERMCAP in my environment >look right for an adm3a). In vi I get a garbled screen that >makes editing pretty difficult. I remember long ago using a Kaypro II >and I think the same comm. pgm., but I don't remember how I got around >this problem. > >I'm pretty illiterate in this area, so I'm hoping someone in this >group can enlighten me or provide some heuristics to getting the >termcap set properly. Or maybe direct me to a different comm. package. >I do have a printed document for SUPRTERM, which says it emulates an >adm3a, but I can't find that software on any of my disks. > To my knowledge, all of the public domain communication packages use overlays to tailor them to a particular computer. Therefore, if your MDM730, or whatever, runs on your KP-10 there is a very high probability that it has the Kaypro's ADM-3 emulation built in. If it would be useful to you, I could uue Superterm and send it off to you. However, in my opinion it is a less desirable program. Of the old standbys, my personal preference would be for MEX114. - don Keeper of the CP/M System Disk | UUCP: {nosc ucsd crash ncr-sd}!pnet07!donm Archives for the Dino(saur)SIG | ARPA: simasd!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil - San Diego Computer Society - | INET: donm@pnet07.cts.com
snelson@ptdcell0.intel.com (Shannon Nelson) (03/23/91)
In article <1991Mar22.182503.201@simasd.uucp> donm@pnet07.cts.com (Don Maslin) writes: >To my knowledge, all of the public domain communication packages use overlays >to tailor them to a particular computer. Therefore, if your MDM730, or >whatever, runs on your KP-10 there is a very high probability that it has the >Kaypro's ADM-3 emulation built in. > The Kaypro uses a superset of the adm3a terminal commands. The kp enhancements make it much easier to live with, as the adm3a is rather simple minded. To help a little, here's the kaypro termcap file that I've been using for several years. Converting it to terminfo is easy enough with captoinfo. ky|kaypro:am:cr=^M:do=^J:nl=^J:bl=^G:\ :le=^H:bs:cm=\E=%+ %+ :cl=1^Z:co#80:ho=^^:li#24:ma=^K^P:nd=^L:up=^K:\ :dl=\ER:al=\EE:\ :kd=^J:ku=^K:kl=^H:kr=^L:\ :ce=^X:cd=^W:\ :dC=3:dT=3: -- ============================================================================== Shannon Nelson Portland Technology Development, Intel snelson@ptd.intel.com (503) 642-8149 I don't speak for Intel Parents can't afford to be squeemish.