RE: Rumba vs. Client Access -- MIDRANGE-L

Scott, 

I'm willing to give it a try.  Will the profile be compatible with my
version of Rumba?

- Dan Bale

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robertson, Scott [SMTP:SRobertson@dpsciences.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 2:47 PM
> To:   'Bale, Dan'
> Cc:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      RE: Rumba vs. Client Access
> 
> As the guilt slowly pours over my face...
> 
> I'm using a 19" monitor with 1280X1024 resolution :).   If you play around
> with the character spacing bar on the Font Tab, it may help out.  We have
> about 30 users running Rumba with 15" monitors with an 800X600 resolution
> and have decent results on a 27X132 format.  Of course this could explain
> why everyone "squints" around here!
> 
> I distribute the Rumba profile through our SMS server and could make you a
> copy and send it to you if you would like.  You would just have to
> re-configure the connection parameters for your environment, but the
> display
> properties should be good.
> 
> Scott S. Robertson
> Information Systems Manager
> Data Processing Sciences Corp.
> srobertson@dpsciences.com
> http://www.dpsciences.com/
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         Bale, Dan [mailto:DBale@lear.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 2:33 PM
> To:   'Robertson, Scott'
> Cc:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      RE: Rumba vs. Client Access
> 
> Scott,
> 
> Thanks for the font.  I installed it but it gave very poor results on my
> display.
> 
> The Sys Admin disabled my access to the Display control panel, otherwise
> I'd
> monkey around with the resolution settings.  As I mentioned before though,
> it looks to me like it's set at 800x600, which should be a good enough
> resolution for 27x132 (I know it was for CA).  What's yours set at, Scott?
> 
> - Dan Bale
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Robertson, Scott [SMTP:SRobertson@dpsciences.com]
> > Sent:       Thursday, April 13, 2000 2:20 PM
> > To: 'DBale@lear.com'
> > Subject:    RE: Rumba vs. Client Access
> > 
> > Dan,
> > 
> > I have been using Rumba for a couple of years now and really like it.  I
> > do
> > agree with you on the font problem, but I have a solution (at least for
> > me).
> > I use a font called EBCDIC.  It solved my readability problems in 27X132
> > mode (and even cancels the zeros).  I have attached the font to this
> > message.  Just install it to your Fonts folder in Windows.
> > 
> > As for the keyboard mapping, I find that you can alter Rumba to do just
> > about anything you want.  Go to the Options menu and down to Keyboard.
> > There you can map whatever keys you would like to do what functions.
> Just
> > be sure to save your profile when you change it or it will revert back
> to
> > the way it was!
> > 
> >  <<EBCDIC.TTF>> 
> > 
> > Scott S. Robertson
> > Information Systems Manager
> > Data Processing Sciences Corp.
> > srobertson@dpsciences.com
> > http://www.dpsciences.com/
> > 
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Bale, Dan [mailto:DBale@lear.com] 
> > Sent:       Thursday, April 13, 2000 12:36 PM
> > To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> > Subject:    Rumba vs. Client Access
> > 
> > I am a long-time CA user and have really grown to love it lately for a
> > variety of reasons.  I found out just how much I really liked it this
> past
> > week when I started in a shop that uses Rumba.  Here's what I'm missing
> in
> > Rumba that I really liked in CA:
> > 
> > (First some background on the workstation:  It's a WinNT 4.0 with a 15"
> > monitor running in, I believe, 800x600 mode.  According to the Rumba
> Help
> > About, we are using Rumba Office 2000, Version 6.0 U00, Build 1502.0.0;
> > the
> > PTF tab indicates that there are no PTFs applied.)
> > 
> > 1) By far, Rumba's screen font for 27x132 is barely readable.  I have
> > fumbled around a bit with the display fonts but am using the default
> > Term400.  The MS Sans Serif font was close, but the characters were too
> > squeezed together.  The Lucida Console font was another close one.  CA's
> > 27x132 was crisp and clear after a certain service pack was applied.
> Can
> > anyone recommend a good font for this?  I've tried all the ones that
> were
> > installed on this system.  (Also, I do not want to have to scroll
> > horizontally to see the full display.)
> > 
> > 2) I loved being able to use the cursor moving function Ctrl-Right Arrow
> > or
> > Ctrl-Left Arrow.  These were the ones that moved the cursor to the first
> > non-blank character next or previous to the position that the cursor is
> > currently located.  It functions exactly like in any normal Windows text
> > window, i.e., notepad, wordpad, MS Word.  I was able to map the keyboard
> > End
> > key so that it behaves like it should, i.e., positions the cursor to the
> > end
> > of the text on the current line instead of Rumba's default erase from
> > current position to the end of the line.
> > 
> > I am close to asking whether I can get CA installed on this box; I
> believe
> > they have a few available licenses.  But I'd rather not bother them with
> > this if I can get these two things resolved.  
> > 
> > TIA,
> > Dan Bale
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