enger@BLUTO.SCC.COM (02/24/88)
Greg: I believe VT200 mode allows the system to transmit 8-bit control codes to the terminal. TPU takes advantage of this. For instance, the "<esc>[" sequence is replaced by "<csi>" (9B in hex). This makes the host/terminal communications more compact, and perhaps quicker. Unfortunately, the intervening com facilities must pass 8-bit codes. I don't think telnet normally does this. I logged into my Sun running their latest software, but couldn't find an option to put its telnet into binary mode. I logged onto our VMS Vax, and fired up the Wollongong telnet. It does support a "binary" mode, and this successfully runs TPU. Unfortunately, the command cannot be placed into their TELINIT. telnet startup configuration file; instead it must be typed in manually once the connection has been opened. Best wishes, Bob Enger
jch@DEVVAX.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Jeffrey C Honig) (02/25/88)
The SET TERM command on VMS has a qualifier /NOEIGHTBIT or something similar that will solve your problem. Jeff
VSRAANAN@WEIZMANN.BITNET (raanan michael) (02/25/88)
Greg, Bob. i had the same problem here wile telnet vms (excelan exos board) to unix machine. we succeeded to make telnet connection by typing "<cntrl> j" (linefeed) after <cr> during logon time (userid and password). another command that helped was "set term/noeight" before telnet. in that case the connection will be done with 7 bit, so vt220 8 bit functions will not work. raanan.