Allon.Stern@SOLARVAX.UMD.EDU (08/29/89)
Shri Lohia writes: >I have a Televideo 920 terminal and would like to access >screen oriented editor of VMS. How can I do that or I have >to buy a VT100 etc. Well, Shri, I don't know if the Televideo 920 does VT100 emulation, but if it does, you may very well have problems getting screen editing to work. The key is that until the VAX knows what kind of terminal you are using, it will not do any terminal-dependent stuff, so EDT will only work in the line editing mode. There is a command to tell the Vax to "ask" your terminal what kind it is. If it can't figure out, it will say so. Try typing: $ SET TERMINAL/INQUIRE This sends out a series of control codes which signal to the terminal (if it is VTXXX compatible) to send back other control codes which say what kind of VT terminal it is (i.e. VT52, VT100, VT220, etc...). If the VAX doesn't get any response, it sets the terminal type to UNKNOWN, which is as I described above (won't let you do screen editing, etc...). Hope this helps. - -= Allon =- - BLISS is ignorance