scotth@corp.sgi.com (Scott Henry) (12/04/90)
Does anybody know either: 1) how to configure NCSA telnet to send something unique for each of the f-keys on the extended keyboard, or 2) another telnet or rlogin protocol terminal emulator? It needs to work in the following configuration: We have a large number of Macs on localtalk networks. There is a Gatorbox connecting each net to the Ethernet backbone. There are several applications (on VMS and Unix boxes connected to the ethernet) that people need to be able to run using their Mac as a terminal. These programs are easily configurable as to the function key layout, and what character sequences they send, but they need a minimum of about 15 f-keys to be functional (20 would be best, if the editing keypad is available, too). Running a serial cable to each Mac and using something like Mac240 is a last resort, mostly because we'd rather not buy any more terminal servers. E-mail responses are preferred, reply to: scotth@sgi.com. thanks very much, -- scott -- Scott Henry <scotth@sgi.com> / Traveller on Dragon Wings Information Services, / Help! My disclaimer is missing! Silicon Graphics, Inc / Politicians no baka!
derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) (12/07/90)
>Does anybody know either: >1) how to configure NCSA telnet to send something unique for each of the > f-keys on the extended keyboard, or I ended up using one of the many macro tools out there to build a set of 3270 terminal emulation keys. It was simple but time consumming. I used MacroMaker, but there are many others that will do the trick. If it is 3270 emulation that you are after, tn3270 (by the boys at NCSA) has a pull down menu for all the keys and maps most of them to the f-keys to boot. -- = John DeRosa, Motorola, Inc, Cellular Infrastructure Group = = e-mail: ...uunet!motcid!derosaj, motcid!derosaj@uunet.uu.net = = Applelink: N1111 = =I do not hold by employer responsible for any information in this message =
bschmidt@bnr.ca (Ben Schmidt) (12/10/90)
In article <4504@manta.UUCP> derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) writes: > If it is 3270 emulation that you are after, tn3270 (by the boys > at NCSA) has a pull down menu for all the keys and maps most of ^^^^^^^^^ > them to the f-keys to boot. True, tn3270 uses underlying NCSA TCP/IP code, but that wonderful interface is Peter diCammillo's at Brown University. Brown tn3270 is available at brownvm.brown.edu by anonymous ftp (128.148.128.40), and probably also in the contributed s/w at zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu (128.174.20.50). Ben Schmidt Bell-Northern Research, Ltd. Ph: (613) 763-3906 Information P.O. Box 3511, Station C FAX:(613) 763-3283 Technology Ottawa Canada K1Y 4H7 bschmidt@bnr.ca
johnc@synopsys.com (John Crossley) (12/14/90)
We are using QuickKeys to program the F-Keys to do exactly what we want... John Crossley (415) 962-7069 johnc@synopsys.com
derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) (12/15/90)
johnc@synopsys.com (John Crossley) writes: >We are using QuickKeys to program the F-Keys to do exactly what we want... Ditto on MacroMaker which we use. It is free. If you purchased MS Word lately, it came with AutoMacIII, free also. If, by chance, you are doing 3270 terminal emulation, the boys at NCSA also have a TelNet like application called tn3270 which has f-key support build in and a pull down menu to boot. Enjoy. -- = John DeRosa, Motorola, Inc, Cellular Infrastructure Group = = e-mail: ...uunet!motcid!derosaj, motcid!derosaj@uunet.uu.net = = Applelink: N1111 = =I do not hold by employer responsible for any information in this message =