Anyone tested the PowerTerm (which used to be included with the [later] Pathworks kits)? It's called PowerTerm Interconnect nowadays.
Does it work correctly in all emulation cases? I haven't found bugs in VT emulation, but rather in HP 700 emulation, which was fixed very quickly after reporting it.
I've found the support to be very responsive and to fix rapidly encountered and reported errors.
Kari
On 17.9.2013 19:20, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote:
Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> writes:
On 17/09/2013 17:04, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote:
Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> writes:
I'd also like to point out that the LK450 (which is the keyboard
following on from the LK250 and was designed for connection to a PC
running terminal emulation software) is a good alternative.
Right. HOwever, I know people who purchased the USB LK keyboards for use
with terminal emulation (Reflection specifically) and there are keys, when
used in that scenario, that can not be mapped because the WEENDOZE driver
simply doesn't recognize them.
Absolutely - you can't use the LK450 with a PS/2 -> USB adapter and
expect VMS-specific keys to be recognised fully.
I have found that the only combination that works for me when using
Windows is with the keyboard plugged directly into the PS/2 port and
Exceed. This may also involve using the Reflection LK450 keyboard driver
but I'm not sure about that without removing it. Bizarrely enough even
with the driver Reflection doesn't do the right think.
25 years ago (a bit more|less) when DEXPO was still in full swing alongside
DECUS, I dropped by the WRQ booth and asked to be introduced to any of the
support/development staff that might be there. One such was right there in
their booth, and I explained and demonstrated an improper handling of a some-
what uncommon VT escape sequence. This was VT200/VT300 series at that time.
That problem still has not been fixed. I don't use WEENDOZE or Reflection;
however, I was on-site at one of the pharmaceuticals here in the proNJ about
5-6 years ago and they used Reflection. In fact, the reason I was there was
because the problem they were experiencing with some software turned out to
be not in the software on their VMS systems but in the software performing
terminal emulation. Wanna wager a guess as to which product??? ;)
Best change? Putting the reason at the top of the email instead of the bottom :)
Ian
On Sep 17, 2013, at 8:09 AM, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
Reloading router: 50.73.179.1 h0tbras1ilianz 37.59.44.141 tunnel-gw.neurotica.com-ipv4.txt
Error reloading router: gw.neurotica.com :: No SNMP response received before timeout
Reloading router: 208.73.57.126 hecnet-rw 37.59.44.141 tunnel-hub.platinum.net-ipv4.txt
running..........
successful
Reloading router: 10.42.255.5 4amlunch-rw 37.59.44.141 tunnel-bart.4amlunch.net-ipv4.txt
running.......
successful
Reloading router: 75.60.194.48 hecnetconfigupdate 37.59.44.141 tunnel-dev.gimme-sympathy.org-ipv4.txt
Error reloading router: dev.gimme-sympathy.org :: No SNMP response received before timeout
So Cory and Dave, please update your ACLs. :)
-brian
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On 17/09/2013 17:04, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote:
Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> writes:
I'd also like to point out that the LK450 (which is the keyboard
following on from the LK250 and was designed for connection to a PC
running terminal emulation software) is a good alternative.
Right. HOwever, I know people who purchased the USB LK keyboards for use
with terminal emulation (Reflection specifically) and there are keys, when
used in that scenario, that can not be mapped because the WEENDOZE driver
simply doesn't recognize them.
Absolutely - you can't use the LK450 with a PS/2 -> USB adapter and expect VMS-specific keys to be recognised fully.
I have found that the only combination that works for me when using Windows is with the keyboard plugged directly into the PS/2 port and Exceed. This may also involve using the Reflection LK450 keyboard driver but I'm not sure about that without removing it. Bizarrely enough even with the driver Reflection doesn't do the right think.
Mark.+
So my take on this is that I'm better off spending 20 USD on a Mac USB full keyboard than 400+ on an LK-style one? :)
sampsa <sampsa at mac.com>
mobile +358 40 7208932
On 17 Sep 2013, at 18:00, "Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-" <system at TMESIS.COM> wrote:
Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> writes:
If you're looking for the alternate keypad between the QWERTY and the
numberic (arrows, [HELP], [Do], etc.) then, you'll want the LK-style=20=
keyboard. If you use Linux on your x86 box -- and you should ;) --
a few Xmodmap entries and or Xresources entries will give you pretty
much full use of the LK-sytle keyboard. On the Mac, it's been quite
a while since I've plugged an LK-style keyboard into one -- I recall
that it worked pretty much out-of-the-box.
I think Terminal.app lets me remap arbitrary key-presses to any escape =
sequence I want, I assume I could use this to enable the Do/arrow keys =
etc?
Yes and it's unix down below, so you can use Xmodmap and Xresources too.
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Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.
<Paul_Koning at Dell.com> writes:
That's not the scenario I'm talking about. No oddball scan codes; I could =
perfectly easily define a keyboard lookup table for the keyboard in questio=
n without having to go to any unnatural acts.
The trouble is that I could never get that far. The OS would see the keybo=
ard, ask me to press a shift key so it would know where that lives, and the=
n it would get no further.
Some of the people connected to this were Apple folks, and it was clear to =
them that this was seen as a bug -- but the people who need to fix it never=
got around to doing anything about it in spite of offers of help.
Why should they? They sell their own Apple branded keyboards! ;)
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Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.
Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> writes:
If you're looking for the alternate keypad between the QWERTY and the
numberic (arrows, [HELP], [Do], etc.) then, you'll want the LK-style=20=
keyboard. If you use Linux on your x86 box -- and you should ;) --
a few Xmodmap entries and or Xresources entries will give you pretty
much full use of the LK-sytle keyboard. On the Mac, it's been quite
a while since I've plugged an LK-style keyboard into one -- I recall
that it worked pretty much out-of-the-box.
I think Terminal.app lets me remap arbitrary key-presses to any escape =
sequence I want, I assume I could use this to enable the Do/arrow keys =
etc?
Yes and it's unix down below, so you can use Xmodmap and Xresources too.
--
VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG
Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.
I'd also like to point out that the LK450 (which is the keyboard following on from the LK250 and was designed for connection to a PC running terminal emulation software) is a good alternative.
That's not the scenario I'm talking about. No oddball scan codes; I could perfectly easily define a keyboard lookup table for the keyboard in question without having to go to any unnatural acts.
The trouble is that I could never get that far. The OS would see the keyboard, ask me to press a shift key so it would know where that lives, and then it would get no further.
Some of the people connected to this were Apple folks, and it was clear to them that this was seen as a bug -- but the people who need to fix it never got around to doing anything about it in spite of offers of help.
paul
On Sep 17, 2013, at 11:39 AM, "Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-" <system at TMESIS.COM> wrote:
<Paul_Koning at Dell.com> writes:
Don't be surprised if it doesn't work right.
I have a USB keyboard that was built with an industry standard USB keyboard=
controller chip. It works fine in Linux, but if you plug it into a Mac, t=
he keyboard handler goes into an infinite loop. That bug was discovered se=
veral years ago and remains unfixed.
I don't know that that is a bug. Apple keyboards expect to be initialized
with and for specific scan codes. They built their keyboards and drivers
based on this expectation. There's issues with the LK-style USB keyboard
and that gaming-console purported to be an operating system from a schlock
outfit in Redmond WA too. There are keyboard scan codes that just will not
be recognized by that gaming-console purported to be an operating system.
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Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.
<Paul_Koning at Dell.com> writes:
Don't be surprised if it doesn't work right.
I have a USB keyboard that was built with an industry standard USB keyboard=
controller chip. It works fine in Linux, but if you plug it into a Mac, t=
he keyboard handler goes into an infinite loop. That bug was discovered se=
veral years ago and remains unfixed.
I don't know that that is a bug. Apple keyboards expect to be initialized
with and for specific scan codes. They built their keyboards and drivers
based on this expectation. There's issues with the LK-style USB keyboard
and that gaming-console purported to be an operating system from a schlock
outfit in Redmond WA too. There are keyboard scan codes that just will not
be recognized by that gaming-console purported to be an operating system.
--
VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG
Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.
If you're looking for the alternate keypad between the QWERTY and the
numberic (arrows, [HELP], [Do], etc.) then, you'll want the LK-style
keyboard. If you use Linux on your x86 box -- and you should ;) --
a few Xmodmap entries and or Xresources entries will give you pretty
much full use of the LK-sytle keyboard. On the Mac, it's been quite
a while since I've plugged an LK-style keyboard into one -- I recall
that it worked pretty much out-of-the-box.
I think Terminal.app lets me remap arbitrary key-presses to any escape sequence I want, I assume I could use this to enable the Do/arrow keys etc?
