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Thanks again. Comments in;line in the relevent place. On Wednesday 30 Jul 2003 10:05 am, Simon Waters wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mark Harvey wrote: > > Many thanfs for the info. > > I have now installed minicom - but I still cannot get it to talk to > > the modem (USR Sportster 33.6 external on the first serial port). It also > > does not support Wyse60 (I'm not sure that that was what was meant - I > > was listening to instructions over the 'phone - sounded like 'y60' to me > > but that is close!). > > I have /dev/modem linked to the relevant serial device, this is > considered "bad form" in some circles as these applications use little > lock files in /var/lock/ to avoid both using the same serial port. But > for as long as you know where the lock files are and why they are there > or always use /dev/modem...... > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 May 15 2000 /dev/modem -> ttyS0 > > I think Minicom assumes it wil talk to /dev/modem. You can change the > settings in Minicom with Ctrl-A O, and pick the serial port settings > option (Ctrl-A Z is your friend). I have set minicom to talk to ttyS0 and I now have access to the modem. I need to be root though or I cannot start minicom as I get the error 'cannot create lock file.' > > Try "wy60" for Wyse 60. > > Does it really require Wyse 60? Try the application with something more > common like VT100 under Minicom. Most apps are written in a terminal > independent form so only care that the terminal settings are correct, > little errors can be most annoying, not what terminal you have for as > lon as it is "featured" enough. I think it does have to be Wyse60 - I just tried vt100 and was unable to log out of the software package - I think they use the coding of the function keys and I do not know what key code is sent by f10 - I have been told that Wyse 60 works though Tried compiling Wy60 - got a failure message on the make step. - result below. [mark@xxxxxxxxx wy60-2.0.8]$ make gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -DETCDIR="\"/usr/local/etc\"" -g -O2 -c wy60.c wy60.c: In function `wy60_setupterm': wy60.c:1336: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast wy60.c: In function `putCapability': wy60.c:2354: `tputs' undeclared (first use in this function) wy60.c:2354: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once wy60.c:2354: for each function it appears in.) make: *** [wy60.o] Error 1 > I don't think many of the Wyse emulators actually implement all the > facilities of a Wyse 60 terminal, but I guess all you need is one that > is as good as the Windows emulator others are using? > > I think you'd have to use Kermit with Wy60, at least I'm not sure that > Minicom will work correctly so a command line tools is probably better > for this. > > > I hope I don't have to resort to a windows solution - I get fed up > > with having to use it at work! > > A Windows solution to get a dumb terminal emulation - I'd be very > surprised - this is back to the days of Unix, I'm sure there is a simple > solution you just have to find it. I'm sure there is a solution. I just wish it was easy. I think that the s/ware supplier makes things hrder to ensure that they supply the software. At a high cost! If the guy from ylem is reading this, I'd be interested in a little more info about Mobius (off list) if poss. > Heck we used free Unix terminal emulation software to emulate IBM > graphics terminals, and it was better than using the actual terminals > ;-), inspite of IBM's MVS TCP/IP implementation being so bad people were > still selling competing implementations. Sigh. Regards, Mark -- For information on Newquay, Cornwall, and the surrounding area: http://www.Newquay-Plus.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.