umsmit72@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Kenneth G. Smith) (04/03/91)
I'm using my good 'ol Apple II+ for telecommunicating via a
mainframe at our institution. I'm wondering whether I'm able
to configure my system to properly display hilite'ing while
reading news. The Amdahl (mainframe) has LOTS of drivers for
various terminals. I'm using a driver that's for an Apple II+
(with Videx 80 and custom scroll), so it seems to send the
proper control codes for the card to display inverse chars.
The inverse character set can be displayed using <ctrl>-Z,
followed by either 2 (for normal) or 3 (for inverse). Now
it seems that the mainframe is sending the proper control
sequence, but my computer seems to only acknowledge the <ctrl>-Z
part as a control sequence and just prints either 2 or 3 on
my screen.
Now I don't think that it is either the mainframes nor the
80-col Videx card that is screwing up here, but rather the
Packard Bell PB2400plus modem (Hayes Smartmodem compatible)
or the ASCII Express (ProDOS version) software that is.
Both of these have loads of settings, many of which overlap.
I've configured my end soas AEPro does most of the work
(as opposed to the modem) since it's alittle easier to setup.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Ken Smith
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