Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 21:03:58 +0100 From: "sysadmin@mfn.org" <sysadmin@mfn.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, "'Dale Walker - Manager'" <dale@icr.com.au> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: printer on terminal on modem Message-ID: <01BDAEA1.C1B0D080@noc.mfn.org>
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I used the Wyse-60 from about 1987 till about 1993 (when the last one finally "exploded"), and *never* got handshaking to work properly (on SVR3.0.e and SVR4.2.1). Final solution was just to adjust speeds, and use a little null padding here and there... I have been told that this terminal *does* respond properly by other users (at Microport for instance - you may want to contact them if they are still in business) - but I've never actually *seen* it with my own eyes. If you *do* get it to work, you should post it for the countless others who have gone through this! One other thing: check the manufacture date on the back: my understanding is that they made a series of fairly major design changes in 1992 to rid themselves of the "explosions" that killed all of mine, and that the PROMS went thru some changes too. If this is correct, then everything I have posted here *may* be void... J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org ---------- From: Dale Walker - Manager Sent: Monday, July 13, 1998 9:27 PM To: Doug White Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: printer on terminal on modem Doug White said: >On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, Dale Walker - Manager wrote: > >> The Problem: After approx 15 lines or so of printer output the output >> gets garbled... sometimes it overwrites or staircases, sometimes the >> text is repeated. My first thoughts were on flow control, but I'm a bit >> unsure as to how to tackle it. I have tried some different fs and xs >> settings in the printcap file, however they seemed to have little to no >> effect. > >Does the terminal's and the modem's flow control settings match? That's >what's important. > >Doug White | University of Oregon I'm fairly sure that it was right, I have tried a couple of different ways.. Server -->stty crtscts settings--> modem ....... modem (default setting &K3 (local flow control to RTS/CTS)-->Wy60 I have tried setting the wyse60 to x-on/x-off, rts/cts, and both;, each time I get a similar printout Assumptions: 1. printer to terminal, using straight through db25M-M cable and select "both" for handskae protocol. 2. modem on the server is set to rts/cts. Thanks for the assistance, Cheers, Dale -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dale Walker dale@icr.com.au Manager/Sysadmin - ICRnet Independent Computer Retailers (ICR) http://www.icr.com.au Ph: +61 7 4636 4625 Fax: +61 7 4636 3513 helpdesk@icr.com.au -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- If a man is standing in the middle of the forest speaking and there is no woman around to hear him - Is he still wrong? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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