riddle@woton.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (07/13/88)
We are in the process of evaluating an AT&T 6386 running Simultask-386 (aka VP/ix), which lets us run DOS under Unix. This requires the use of a supplement to termcap/terminfo which maps between DOS i/o and what a terminal understands. We're pulling our hair out trying to find terminals and configuration files which will let us run DOS satisfactorily from a serial line. (The complications caused by incompatible character sets, screen sizes and key combinations get to be pretty ugly.) One of the few terminals which Simultask-386 claims to support is the AT&T 605. Unfortunately its config file (/usr/vpix/term/605) contains the following caveat: >> * NOTE: To fix keyboard mapping problem in 605 ROM, we no longer use >> * The 605 in PC compatible mode. (+,-; /,*; keys are reversed) >> * If the rom is fixed someday remove the following and change >> * pccompat to y in section iii. In the meantime, we introduce a >> * special type of pccompat - k. k means I'm a dumb terminal >> * but I use scan codes so I send 8 bit chars. Does anyone know any more about this? Is there any chance that the ROM bug has been or will be fixed? How much of a problem does this cause in practice? (We don't yet have our hands on a 605 terminal.) And if anyone is happily running DOS under Unix from remote terminals, could you please let us know what your solution is? -- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.") -- Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer. -- riddle%woton.uucp@cs.utexas.edu uunet!ut-sally!cs.utexas.edu!woton!riddle -- Shriners Burns Institute, 610 Texas Ave. Rm. 4-8, Galveston, TX 77553 USA -- telephone (409)-761-4701 FAX (409)-761-4003