[comp.sys.amiga.datacomm] Using NComm on VM/CMS

v30170@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (001.) (04/26/91)

     Well,  the story is I'd like to use NComm to dial into a
VM/CMS system.  However,  I can't seem to find a CLEAR SCREEN key,  or
for that matter use any PF.. keys.  Can someone help?

     Thanks in advance...
                            Chris
                            v30170@vax1.cc.uakron.edu or
                            c10343@akronvm.uakron.edu

Greg_Goss@mindlink.bc.ca (Greg Goss) (04/29/91)

What gets mapped to CLEAR, PAn and PFn depends on the technician who set up
your protocol converter.  When I was working with IBM mainframes, our system
(SIM/VTAM and SIM3278/VM) was set up to accept a "generic ANSI" terminal.  I
preferred to use this "termcap" rather than the more specific ones because it
seemed more mnemonic to me.  (probably because I wrote it?).  Anyhow, we used
<ESC> n   for PFn and <ESC><ESC> n for PAn.  PF11 and 12 were the - and = keys,
and 13 to 24 were the <ESC><ESC> shifted-n  (! to +).  I forget what the clear
key was;  our site used PA2 as clear and some applications ignored the actual
clear key itself.

So the conclusion is, the key mapping depends on the quirks of whoever set up
the termcaps in your protocol converter.

.../greg