roberts@crash.CTS.COM (Robert Schwalbe) (03/10/87)
Has anyone written, used, or seen a TERMCAP file for the Data General Dasher
D210 or D411 terminals that work? If so, would you kindly send it to me or
*please* let me know where I can find it?
Any and all advice would also be welcomed.
NAME: Robert Schwalbe
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INET: roberts@crash.CTS.COMboykin@custom.UUCP (Joseph Boykin) (03/10/87)
In article <890@crash.CTS.COM>, roberts@crash.CTS.COM (Robert Schwalbe) writes: > Has anyone written, used, or seen a TERMCAP file for the Data General Dasher > D210 or D411 terminals that work? As I used to work for DG, I've written a TERMCAP entry or two for their terminals. I've mailed one to the original poster, if someone else needs one, feel free to ask. -- Joe Boykin Custom Software Systems ...{necntc, frog}!custom!boykin
greg@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Greg Noel) (03/16/87)
In article <890@crash.CTS.COM> roberts@crash.CTS.COM (Robert Schwalbe) writes: >Has anyone written, used, or seen a TERMCAP file for the Data General Dasher >D210 or D411 terminals that work? ...... Be forwarned that many (all?) versions of curses use the ctl-H character (which is the ANSI backspace) to move the cursor under some circumstances. Unfortunately, this is the cursor home character on a Dasher. So far, I have been unable to find a way to coerce curses \not/ to do this; it means that the Dasher is not very usable as a Unix terminal. -- -- Greg Noel, NCR Rancho Bernardo Greg.Noel@SanDiego.NCR.COM
paul@devon.UUCP (Paul Sutcliffe Jr.) (03/17/87)
In article <1447@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> greg@ncr-sd.UUCP (Greg Noel) writes: > In article <890@crash.CTS.COM> roberts@crash.CTS.COM (Robert Schwalbe) writes: > > Has anyone written, used, or seen a TERMCAP file for the Data General Dasher > > D210 or D411 terminals that work? ...... > Be forwarned that many (all?) versions of curses use the ctl-H character > (which is the ANSI backspace) to move the cursor under some circumstances. > Unfortunately, this is the cursor home character on a Dasher. So far, I > have been unable to find a way to coerce curses \not/ to do this; it means > that the Dasher is not very usable as a Unix terminal. A *real* D210 has an ANSI mode, settable by either dip switch, or an escape sequence. I'm not sure about the D411, I never saw one. Anyway, I once was forced to use a D210 on an Onyx C8002 (Unix System III). Seems that the ANSI mode is very close to generic vt100, as far as a termcap entry goes. I fashioned a d210 termcap by using a vt100 as a guide. But, the D210 has no backspace key! (DG uses DEL as backspace) So, with a little trickery, I used a line like the following to change the stty modes in my .login: if ( $TERM == "d210" ) then stty erase '^?' kill '^a' Since I was using the DEL key for backspace, I chose CTRL-A for Delete. I seem to recall having to do something else during the login sequence, but I can't remember it now. I no longer have access to the Onyx so I'm afraid I can't go look it up and post it. Sigh. - paul -- Paul Sutcliffe, Jr. paul@devon.UUCP (or, if you prefer:) Devon Computer Services {seismo,ihnp4,allegra,rutgers}!cbmvax!devon!paul Allentown, PA "I love work. I could sit and watch people do it all day!"
brianc@cognos.UUCP (Brian Campbell) (03/18/87)
in article <1447@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM#, greg@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Greg Noel) says: # Posted: Sun Mar 15 19:40:28 1987 # # In article <890@crash.CTS.COM# roberts@crash.CTS.COM (Robert Schwalbe) writes: # # Has anyone written, used, or seen a TERMCAP file for the Data General Dasher # # D210 or D411 terminals that work? ...... # # Be forwarned that many (all?) versions of curses use the ctl-H character # (which is the ANSI backspace) to move the cursor under some circumstances. # Unfortunately, this is the cursor home character on a Dasher. So far, I # have been unable to find a way to coerce curses \not/ to do this; it means # that the Dasher is not very usable as a Unix terminal. # -- # -- Greg Noel, NCR Rancho Bernardo Greg.Noel@SanDiego.NCR.COM True, the Dasher terminals aren't particulary useful as Unix terminals when running in "native" mode. It is possible to use the terminal in its ANSI emulation mode. I use the initialization string to put the terminal into ANSI mode and the reset string to put it back into Dasher mode (you must include 'reset' in your .logout) A portion of my termcap follows: sx|d410|d410A|Dasher 410 ANSI:\ dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:ei=:ic=\E[@:im=:sf=\E[S:sr=\E[T:tc=d210 sy|d210|d210A|Dasher 210 ANSI:\ :am:bs:bw:mi:ms:ul:co#80:li#24:sg#0:ug#0:\ :bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[2J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:do=\E[B:ho=\E[H:\ :is=^^F@:kb=^?:kd=\E[B:kh=\E[H:kl=\E[D:kr=\E[C:ku=\E[A:\ :k0=\E[001z:k1=\E[002z:k2=\E[003z:k3=\E[004z:k4=\E[005z:\ :k5=\E[006z:k6=\E[007z:k7=\E[008z:k8=\E[009z:k9=\E[010z:\ :le=^H:ll=\E[H\E[A:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[2m:me=\E[0m:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:\ :nl=\E[B:rs=\E[<0;<1;<3l:se=\E[m:so=\E[7m:ue=\E[m:up=\E[A:us=\E[4m Note: I've been having problems with the 'nl' sequence not working as I expected. Sending a newline character will often (but not always!) return the cursor to the beginning of the next line; I've setup the 'nl' entry to be identical to the 'do' entry for this reason. Brian Campbell
gwyn@brl-smoke.UUCP (03/20/87)
In article <1447@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> greg@ncr-sd.UUCP (Greg Noel) writes: >Be forwarned that many (all?) versions of curses use the ctl-H character >(which is the ANSI backspace) to move the cursor under some circumstances. If your termcap description does not contain one of: :bs: :bc=^H: :le=^H: then your "curses" library may be assuming too much. Remove any of the above capabilities and install :le=whatever-it-takes-to-move-left-one-position: :bc=ditto: and see if things improve. ("bs" and "bc" are obsolete.) If not, fix your curses library.