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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problem when using sc0 and telneting (terminal emulation totaly fubared
Date: 5 May 1996 16:07:06 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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eng-sc@jcu.edu.au (Simon Coggins) wrote:

> Has anyone found that when they are using sc0 as the console that when you
> telnet to a remote site that the terminal emulation is totaly stuffed?

> Anyone have any fixes ideas why this is happening?

The syscons device driver emulates something like an SCO console.  If
you care for a more common terminal emulation, the pcvt console driver
is more for you, it emulates most of the VT220.

-- 
cheers, J"org

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