Msg: 5228 *Conference*

07-28-94 22:08:56

From: RICHARD HANSON

To : MARY ANN SCHAFER

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #5221 (PROBLEMS)

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First off, welcome aboard, Mary Ann.  It's always nice to meet fellow Model 100
users from far away places like ... Peoria, IL.  So, how's the weather in
Peoria? (grin)

Let's see if I understand the question.  Hummm... seems like you asked the same
question, twice.  No problem... here's what I decifer from your message:

You say that your Model 100 can not generate the correct characters necessary
to access your university server--assuming you are using yor Model 100, not
something else.  I also infer from your message that the characters you use
generate consistant responses, i.e., p = x, 0 = 8, space = (.  If this is true,
this is a good sign.  We like consistancy.

I'm going to jump at a hypothesis involving missmatched terminal emulation and
want you to test it out and report your findings back here.

Assumption: I have the strange feeling that your university computer requires
terminal emulation such as VT-100, IBM 3270, ADDS VP, WYSE 100, etc., vs. ASCII
(Aka: TTY).

Test: Ask your "hotline" folks to give you the phone number of a TTY node to
their computer, or to set your account to TTY emulation.  Then access their
computer through that node--or normally if they can "tweek" your
account--annotate your findings, and report back.

-Rick-