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From: gt@g386bsd.first.gmd.de (Gerd Truschinski)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: NCSA Telnet/386BSD compatibility problem
Keywords: NCSA Telnet CUTCP
Message-ID: <4080@bigfoot.first.gmd.de>
Date: 10 Oct 93 19:09:14 GMT
References: <28r758$k86@ee.hit.fi> <9@czos9.trystero.com>
Sender: news@bigfoot.first.gmd.de
Organization: GMD Berlin (FIRST)
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In article <9@czos9.trystero.com>,
Charles N. Owens <chuck@czos9.trystero.com> wrote:
>In <28r758$k86@ee.hit.fi>, ekestam@hit.fi (Henrik Ekestam) says:
>>There seems to be some kind of compatibility problem  between  the
>>NCSA Telnet and 386BSD.
>>Any hints about what should or could be done are welcome.
>I had the same problem when I was using NCSA telnet.

Me too, but I have a solution: 
There is a 'video=vga' line in your config.tel file. 
Change it to 'video=ega'. 
Somewhere in the documentation they wrote say why it is better to do so.

/gT/

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Gerd Truschinski         | INTERNET:    gt@first.gmd.de
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