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To: JOHN <JSINNOTT@POMONA.EDU>
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Subject: cons25 vs. vt100
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JSINNOTT@pomona.edu writes:
>The cons25 terminal seems to be giving me some trouble when connecting to
>a VAX station here at school.  What steps do I need to take to have vt100
>as the default, rather than cons25?  

Change TERM enviroment variable (TERM=vt100; export TERM) or /etc/ttys
(see man 5 ttys).

>Am I going to have to recompile the kernel?

No.

Wolfram