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Date:      Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:01:15 +1300 (NZDT)
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To:        Jason Horn <jhorn@daytona.pi-inc.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Console emulation question
Message-ID:  <Pine.SCO.3.96.990122085927.12161D-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9901210804480.7385-100000@daytona.pi-inc.com>

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On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Jason Horn wrote:

> My last message has gone unanswered.  Is it possible to change the
> emulation of the console?  I want to setup a 486 I have to act as a dumb
> terminal.  All it needs to do is run wy60 emulation at the console and
> telnet into our main box.  I've changed my TERM variable to wy60, but the
> screen doesn't behave properly.  What I'm hoping is there is a way to make
> the console emulate wy60.

I suspect that this would involve changing the console driver code.
Wouldn't it be simpler to get your main box to recognise an ansi
terminal instead? ie: log into your main box, TERM=ansi.

Jonathan Chen
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