Re: getting "dumb" terminal message in Unix shell

[shack@onyx-206.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

byte (byte@i1.net) wrote:

:    As the title states  Using my apple IIGS with Spectrum 2.0 (I have 5.25
: megs of
:  ram)  logging on to my isp's shell is no problem,  but when I type "pine"
: to read
:  my mail it tells me I have a "dumb" terminal and I do not have the
: capabilities to 
:  use pine.   I have done it.  Alot.  I don't know why I can't now.

I had that problem using Proterm on my unix host. Telling it "set term=vt100"
and making sure vt100 is active was the cure. So that's my advice.
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