[Info-vax] VMS Operator Panel ('glass terminal') not VT-compatible?

Paul Sture paul at sture.ch
Tue Dec 20 08:54:04 EST 2011


On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:10:27 +0100, MG wrote:

> Is it true that the 'glass terminal' VMS Operator Panel is not
> VT-compatible?  I've tried it recently, on a V8.4 Alpha (DS10) node and
> I had to explicitly set it to VT100, which didn't do much good and
> editors like EVE won't work.
> 

My memory is hazy here, but I think if you set it to VT52, EDIT/EDT will 
work in full screen mode.  It can be painfully slow with screen refreshes 
though since it's running at the console baud rate.

EVE will simply output a message saying it wants an ANSI terminal and 
exit.

-- 
Paul Sture



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