Re: modems

Lee Whitty (lwhitty@warwick.net)
Sun, 07 Jul 1996 10:56:14 -0400

Michael Halleen wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> A couple people asked me how I got the PCMCIA modem to work.
>
> I used OgComm, set to COMM 4.
>
> I have to shift-on-next reboot with the modem NOT in. When it powers
> up, make sure the card eject button is dim (i.e. it doesn't think there
> is a card present), then I insert the card.
>
> After I dial and get the unix prompt, I enter "stty rows 14" which sets
> the terminal height to 14 rows. (You can also set the columns but I've
> found it's not necessary and actually causes some problems)
>
> The only things I've done with it so far is the simple 'mail' program,
> which does line by line mail reading and sending. I created a file
> called .mailrc with one line "set crt". This forces the program to obey
> the stty set row setting so it stops scrolling after 14 lines.
>
> The backspace key is not mapped, so when I hit it, I get a dot, although
> it did actually delete the previous character, I just can't see it correctly.
>
> I've tried to rn Lynx for WWW browsing, and it's full of control
> characters that muck everything up. (Although when I run in my normal PC
> terminal program and 'stty rows 14 cols 30' Lynx runs just fine in a
> little tiny screen.)
>
> Any Unix gurus out there know how to change the terminal type? I'm
> guessing my account is assuming VT100, which OgComm isn't doing. I'm
> still looking for a way to tell my account that it's NOT VT100, so it
> will hopefully suppress the control characters.
>
> If I can get it to work, I'll have email and www on the OGO, and I'll be
> very tempted to go out and get a cell phone, just so I can do it from
> anywhere!
>
> I'll keep you posted, and please help me if you have any clues.
>
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> Michael Halleen Foresee Active Media www.foresee.com
> Chicago, IL The Grand Area www.mcs.com/~halleen/
> PGP me for my finger
I've had the same exact problem. I use a mail tool called PINE which
seems to force itself to VT100 terminal mode no matter what your TERM
setting is. I believe the only solution wouls be to use a VT100 emulator
on the omnigo. Now with DOS mode working, we may be closer to a
solution.
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