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- DOCUMENT:Q105234 27-OCT-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Windows NT Telnet Uses VT100 for UNIX Terminal Emulation
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- If a user logs into a UNIX machine using the TELNET command from
- Windows NT and some screen-oriented UNIX utilities do not function
- properly or show garbage on the screen, the user's TERMCAP may not be
- set properly. Because Windows NT Terminal (used for TELNET) defaults
- to VT100 emulation, the TERMCAP should be set for VT100 on the UNIX
- machine.
-
- Use the following procedure to verify which TERMCAP is being used:
-
- 1. Establish a TELNET session and log on to the UNIX machine.
-
- 2. Type the following at the UNIX prompt (usually a $):
-
- set
-
- 3. Verify that the environment variable TERM is set to VT100.
-
- 4. If the TERM variable is not set to VT100, at the UNIX prompt, type
- the following and press ENTER:
-
- set TERM=vt100
-
- 5. Type the following and press ENTER:
-
- export TERM
-
- For most versions of UNIX, this should reset the terminal type to
- VT100, and all screen-oriented utilities should function as usual.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
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-
- Because UNIX is a multitasking, multi-user operating system, it can
- be configured to use many different terminal types. The TERMCAP files
- define what terminal-specific information UNIX sends to a terminal for
- cursor control (similar to ANSI.SYS in MS-DOS). Screen display
- problems may occur if the TERMCAP is defined incorrectly. An example
- of a screen-oriented UNIX utility is the text editor program, vedit,
- which can be used to test the screen settings.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 Ultrix crt VT-100
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: tpip
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