#TERM guru
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Steve,
I wonder if you could help me, I can't get Term to logon to Compuserve
properly.ie it logs on but then all i get is garbage. I've tried different
fonts terminal settings etc but no luck. Is compuserve VT100 emulation
because all term has is ANSI/Vt102, atomic, TTY, I haven't a clue what the
last two are.(atomic,TTY)
My machine is an Amiga 1200 with a 60meg HD, would the accelerated version
be much different?
Thanks
Mark ……………autopiloting from london
Mark,
More than likely, you'll have to set Term to strip the 8th bit of incoming
data. Just go to the "settings" menu, select "serial" and then click on
the "Strip bit 8" gadget.
Notice that this only sets the global default state. If you use the
phonebook, then you can set up the entire environment differently for each
phonebook entry. In this case, when you click on a phonebook entry, you
just click on the corresponding setting you want to define for that entry.
If you use the phonebook to call CIS and don't change the "strip bit 8"
setting for it in the phonebook, then you'll see garbage again!
You can also tell CIS to use 8 bit data when talking to you.
Unfortunately, it doesn't know its you till you've given it your UID, so
you still see garbage at the logon prompt. Once you're recognized by the
system, it adjusts its output to you accordingly.
The accelerated version of Term is for '030s and up processors, so it
wouldn't work with the '020 in the 1200.
I've always used ANSI/VT102 emulation when calling CIS with Term (which is
very rarely since I normally use AutoPilot); you can 'go default' and set
CIS up to work with it just fine.
You've probably seen this many times, but you really ought to check out
AutoPilot. It will save you big money over the long haul. In addition,
it makes CIS about 10 times easier to use. There's a functional demo in
AmigaVendor.
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\X/ Amiga -Steve ——> On AutoPilot from Silicon Valley
Steve,
Thanks for the info, I'll try setting the 8th bit. I already use a
registered version of Autopilot, but just wanted to see if I could log on
with term,so when it wouldn't it started me grey matter thinking.
Mark