JCV@CERNVM.BITNET (05/23/87)
ad 1: (call cleared from Swiss PTT PAD at 75/1200 baud) I don't know why
this happens. All I know is: It works in Germany with the same set-up.
But they probably have different software... (yeah, the European
PTTs are *really* independent!)
ad 2,3: (problems with hosts sending parity) This is a known problem. IBMs
seem particularly prone to do this. In fact, the line wrapping problem
is the same one in a different guise: As <CR> is 0C (hex), the odd parity
version is 8C, and this is not recognized as a carriage return by the
terminal driver. So, in both cases, the work-around is to set your
terminal /NOEIGHTBIT. If your users don't like to do this themselves,
provide them with a command procedure to do the job.
ad 4: (problem changing charactersitics of DECserver terminal) This is a bug
in the VMS LAT and the DECserver software. VMS doesn't tell the server
that this characteristic has been changed, so the server sticks to the
original setting. However, if you go into local mode and do SET CAHR 7,
the server *will* tell VMS about this change...Of course, this can't
be done from a command procedure.
-- Jan Vorbrueggen