scowles@lll-lcc.aRpA (Sid Cowles) (07/08/87)
would anyone with a termcap entry for an ibm 3278-2 please send me a copy of same? it would definitely be appreciated very much. ================================================================ s cowles uucp: lll-lcc!esd!scowles arpa: esd!scowles@lll-lcc.arpa bitnet: esd!scowles%lll-lcc.arpa@wiscvm.bitnet
ron@topaz.rutgers.edu.UUCP (07/08/87)
A 3278 does not work like an ASCII terminal (becuase it isn't one) but uses a special control stream consisting of EBCDIC characters and various special codes. If it can use termcap at all, it would depend on the software in use that makes it appear to be an async ascii terminal. -Ron
bzs@bu-cs.bu.EDU (Barry Shein) (07/09/87)
>A 3278 does not work like an ASCII terminal (becuase it isn't one) >but uses a special control stream consisting of EBCDIC characters >and various special codes. If it can use termcap at all, it would >depend on the software in use that makes it appear to be an async >ascii terminal. > >-Ron My only guess is that this person is using telnet from an IBM mainframe with a 3278-2. I've done this and basically you get a line-mode terminal (you type in a line, locally edited, it's sent when you hit ENTER.) About all the termcap entry could do is set the fact that it is thus (I guess specifying it as a hard-copy terminal would come close enough) and set the rows and columns appropriately (3278s come in several sizes.) This would at least cause MORE to behave properly (sort of, the 3278 does local page hold.) Other than that I don't think there's a whole lot that can be done (if my assumption is correct about how you're using it.) Just modify the lpr entry adding the name, columns and rows and removing :os:, for starters. You should be pretty close. -Barry Shein, Boston University