Re: Apple IIGS: public access shell by telnet/ Output from PINE-client

[who@where.what (Bart)]

Just a guess;  Enviornment variables?  when you get to the bash or whatever 
shell prompt  try typing TERM=vt100  THEN try it.    that sets the env var of 
TERM to the correct terminal type.  Might work, might not...  worked for me 
on a  BSD box.

-Bart

n article <QvWx8.5976$2E.180160@news2.ulv.nextra.no>, arett@gmx.net says...
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>Thank you for your reply!
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>I am using the Spectrum package which covers a range of terminal-options,
>among them VT100.
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>After trying to connect to cyberspace.org (former Grex) I get a receipt on
>selected terminal-display (VT100).   The problem persists, trying to start
>pine/elm/lynx results in generation of garbled characters. When exiting,
>pressing 'q' and 'y' (yes)  the reproduction is back to normal.
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>best regards
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>tturner@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in message news:MYTx8.157$nT3.63481@localhost...
>> Deacon Blue (arett2@gmx.net) wrote:
>> : Hello!
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>> : I have installed Spectrum Internet Suite enabling  TCP/IP and 'telnet'
>> : functions on my IIGS.  I have establised connection to a number of
>differen
>> : 'public access shell' providers:
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>> : cyberspace.org
>> : sdf.lonestar.org
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>> : Problem is related to the terminal-software, when trying to invoke PINE
>or
>> : ELM or LYNX the screen is filled with garbled characters.    I have
>tried to
>> <snip>
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>> --> Dunno if you've covered this - but when I see a similar
>>     `messed-up' screen; it's usually been that the VT100 emulation
>>     got turned-off and it's trying to display in straight ASCII.
>>     Setting things back to VT100, fixes the problem.  The only
>>     other screen-mess I've had, is a word-wrap problem, when
>>     perusing the NG's.  I've had to change my width to 78 chrs,
>>     to prevent the longer NG names from forcing an extra line;
>>     which, in turn, throws-off the location of the `Arrow' that
>>     indicates what line I'm on.  There may well be other reasons
>>     for messed-up TXT screen displays - but these are the ones
>>     I've run into.  The VT100 problem I've had on both the A2
>>     and the PC side of life.  The word-wrap has only been on the
>>     PC-side.  YMMV.
>>
>> --
>> E.A.G.L.E Librarian   A3 BBS:403/481-3133   email:tturner@ecn.ab.ca
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