Re: Windoze "Terminal" as 5250 Display Session

[DAsmussen <DAsmussen@xxxxxxx>]

David,

In a message dated 98-01-20 23:10:18 EST, you write:

> TERMINAL is simply a bare-bones VT100 emmulator... it works fine with a
>  ASCII WSC (I've used it in the past) ... but, as she said, the function
>  keys are a pain to deal with (although a S/3x veteran would recognize some
>  of the keystrokes from 5250 terminals ... ESC 1 for Cmd1, ESC dash for
>  Cmd11, etc.)

Well, she mentioned VT100 as the emulation type (just like we used to do on
the "old" BBS's).  Now, she connects but receives no sign on screen.  Could it
be due to the fact that our passthru devices have been configured to _not_ use
the QPADEVnnnn structure?  I have no problem at the same number using
NS/Portfolio.

>  TN5250 is a TELNET program and requires TCP/IP to connect... if you setup a
>  SLIP server on the '400, or had some TCP/IP dialup into a network, it would
>  work just fine.

I know.  Not knowing any better, I just threw it out as something for her to
try.  After 7 years of C/A, NetSoft, and Rumba, I just couldn't imagine
something working that didn't provide the facility to name your own device.
Is there possibly a system value that we're overlooking?

Thanks!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

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