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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: ANSI graphics not displaying right
Message-Id: <1995Sep25.165417.62010@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 25 Sep 95 16:54:17 MDT
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In article <446sft$3rb@solaris.cc.vt.edu>, gaylord@vtaix.cc.vt.edu (Clark Gaylord) writes:
> [ Article crossposted from comp.unix.xenix.sco ]
> [ Author was Clark Gaylord ]
> [ Posted on 25 Sep 1995 18:25:47 GMT ]
>
> I have a PC running kermit connected via a terminal card to a Xenix
> box (2.3.4). The Xenix box's principal function in life is to run a
> large foxbase application. I cannot get the ansi screens to display
> right and the function keys to work right at the same time.
>
> The function keys seem to work best when kermit is emulating a Wyse50;
> I get the screen *almost* right (cursor positioning is still flaky)
> with Ansi. But if I choose Wyse50, then the Ansi graphics characters
> do not display correctly. The wierd thing is that the graphics are
> fine, e.g., in the vsh screen, under Wyse50, yet when I go into the
> foxbase application it doesn't display right (I figure it's probably
> stripping the high bit). I've tried various combinations of 7-bit vs
> 8-bit, code pages, character sets, etc.
>
> Any tips would be appreciated.
>
> P.S. The Link terminal on another port works fine; I believe it is
> doing Wyse emulation.
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Well, I guess the obvious thing to say is the Xenix system is
using one kind of terminal emulation and Kermit is using another. It's
best to remember that Wyse terminals, taken as a group, tend to emulate
many previous terminals of times gone bye so the termcap entries tend
to be rather loose and varied. MSK emulates a native Wyse50 rather than
the many older variety.
The other comment is "ANSI" graphics is almost a non-operative
word describing character sets. MSK matches up the native Wyse50 with
the inherent PC display adapter as best that it can so there will be
some differences. Something more specific than "ANSI" graphics might
help pin down the problem, as would a SESSION.LOG file (uuencoded for
mailing, thanks) for replaying here with your advice on what's wrong.
Finally, you may want to have a word with the Xenix machine
and discover what it thinks it is doing. I don't have any Xenix facility
to test with, so we are reliant upon yours to dope out the situation.
Joe D.