OPRCMD@UOFT01.BITNET ("Casimir M. Drahan") (02/16/91)
Can anyone recommend a communications program that will allow a TeleVideo 1603 to log onto an IBM mainframe? Right now I'm using TeleAsync (CPM-86) and Mite (MS-DOS). My problem is that when I log onto the system it asks if I'm using an IBM-PC, H19, VT-100, or Microbee. If I reply VT-100 (or H19, Microbee) the screen doesn't clear properly. If I get a --More-- and hit the page space key it moves the bottom half of the screen up but doesn't do a clear screen. It's worse when I reply IBM-PC... Everything appears on one line. No LF's or clear screen. I've tried the Kermit server at Columbia but couln't find any- thing that would seem to fill the bill. Of course if I had found something there would still be the problem of how to get it into the TeleVideo. Catch 22 ... Any ideas? Suggestions? Also, I'd like to find a BBS program that would run on this machine. It has two floppy drives (760 k) and 256 k memory. and is hooked to a 2400 bps modem. Either CPM-86 or MS-DOS would do... Thanks. Casimir Matthew Drahan Computer Services University of Toledo Bitnet: OPRCMD@UOFT01
ianj@ijpc.UUCP (Ian Justman) (02/18/91)
OPRCMD@UOFT01.BITNET ("Casimir M. Drahan") writes: > > Can anyone recommend a communications program that will allow a > TeleVideo 1603 to log onto an IBM mainframe? Right now I'm > using TeleAsync (CPM-86) and Mite (MS-DOS). > > My problem is that when I log onto the system it asks if I'm > using an IBM-PC, H19, VT-100, or Microbee. If I reply VT-100 > (or H19, Microbee) the screen doesn't clear properly. If I > get a --More-- and hit the page space key it moves the bottom > half of the screen up but doesn't do a clear screen. > It's worse when I reply IBM-PC... Everything appears on one > line. No LF's or clear screen. > > I've tried the Kermit server at Columbia but couln't find any- > thing that would seem to fill the bill. Of course if I had > found something there would still be the problem of how to > get it into the TeleVideo. Catch 22 ... > > Any ideas? Suggestions? > > Also, I'd like to find a BBS program that would run on this > machine. It has two floppy drives (760 k) and 256 k memory. > and is hooked to a 2400 bps modem. Either CPM-86 or MS-DOS > would do... > > Thanks. > > Casimir Matthew Drahan > Computer Services > University of Toledo > Bitnet: OPRCMD@UOFT01 I sure wouldn't mind having info for CP/M-86 stuff either since I run a CompuPro 8/16 with Concurrent DOS 8/16 which can also run CP/M-86 software concurrently. I'm also in the process of getting CP/M-86 to run on it, and I've also got Aztec C for it and am learning C and trying to port HMODEM II to CP/M-86 (give me Zmodem of all things...). I've recently acquired the source code to Qterm 4.2G, and Dave is going to release source with his next release of Qterm, and I will try to see if I can port Qterm over to CP/M-86 so I can have Kermit and VT-100 emulation. As far as MS-DOS stuff is concerned, if you have what I think you have, you'll be having one heck of a time finding BBS software for MS-DOS for that machine. You'd have to get a program that does not speak directly to the screen on a regular (E)ISA/MCA computer, and can be adapted to talk to your hardware. Good luck!