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| Jim0328 2004-01-23, 4:53 pm |
| I am trying to use an old character wordprocessor (CrystalWriter)for
Unix/Xenix286 on a Pent 4 system running SCO Unix OSR505. Screens are variably
incomplete or lock up; each time I switch TERM=, I get different result from
console; never a complete screen as on older systems. I've tried manipulating
various termcap and ttytype entries. The wp was written for many terminals,
and current console is a new NEC Multisync. Is problem with terminal definition
or with speed of monitor?
Jim
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| Bill Marcum 2004-01-23, 4:53 pm |
| On 11 Nov 2003 03:51:34 GMT, Jim0328
<jim0328@aol.com> wrote:quote:
> I am trying to use an old character wordprocessor (CrystalWriter)for
> Unix/Xenix286 on a Pent 4 system running SCO Unix OSR505. Screens are variably
> incomplete or lock up; each time I switch TERM=, I get different result from
> console; never a complete screen as on older systems. I've tried manipulating
> various termcap and ttytype entries. The wp was written for many terminals,
> and currentv console is a new NEC Multisync. Is problem with terminal
definition > or with speed of monitor?quote:
> Jim
Termcap has nothing to do with your monitor, except perhaps whether it
is color or monochrome. The correct termcap or terminfo entry depends
on what kind of terminal or terminal emulator you use. Perhaps your
problems and lockups are caused by trying to run Xenix 286 software on a
Pentium 4?
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| Ian Wilson 2004-01-23, 4:55 pm |
| Jim0328 wrote:
quote:
> I am trying to use an old character wordprocessor (CrystalWriter)for
> Unix/Xenix286 on a Pent 4 system running SCO Unix OSR505. Screens are variably
> incomplete or lock up; each time I switch TERM=, I get different result from
> console; never a complete screen as on older systems. I've tried manipulating
> various termcap and ttytype entries. The wp was written for many terminals,
> and current console is a new NEC Multisync. Is problem with terminal definition
> or with speed of monitor?
> Jim
The Make, Model, refresh-rate, horizontal sync frequency and other
characteristics of the monitor are completely irrelevant so long as it
can display 24x80 text.
The correct TERM value for an OSR505 console is "scoansi".
Older Xenix apps may rely on nonstandard capability-codes in the termcap
file, you can probably set an environment variable to get that app to
use a nonstandard termcap. I'd try google's newsgroup search for
"CrystalWriter termcap".
I'm not sure how good the Xenix application support is in OSR505 out of
the box. Try newsgroup comp.unix.sco.misc.
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