From: gonzalez@bbn.com (Jim Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: ProComm Plus On 1000SX with Sun 4?
Date: 28 Sep 1992 18:20:19 GMT
Reply-To: gonzalez@bbn.com (Jim Gonzalez)
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I'm helping a friend get established on the net.  She has a Tandy
1000SX with a "hard card", stock printer port and aftermarket card with
serial, printer and game ports.  She bought the latest ProComm Plus 
(she uses an older version at work, with genuine IBM PC's), and I
took her through the registration procedure on a local public-access
Unix system, which is a Sun 4 running SunOS 4.x.x.  ProComm is set to
run vt100 emulation, by the way.

Things are running fairly smoothly, except for two problems that reveal
themselves when running vi.  When doing an insert anywhere on a line,
the characters she types fail to appear on the screen.  Doing a ^L to
redraw the screen reveals that the characters _are_ getting into the
buffer.  Also, backspacing while in command mode results inthe
character in the cursor being replaced with a blank.  Again, a redraw
shows that the _buffer_ contents are correct.

I've been on the same host with via telnet from a Sun and dial-up from
an Amiga, each running vt100 emulation.  Both performed flawlessly, so
I suspect either the 1000SX or ProComm Plus have either a bug or a
subtle configuration problem.  We followed the installation
instructions for the card and for ProComm Plus to the letter, and saw
no problems in either procedure.  I don't know the DOS version, or the 
version of the Phoenix BIOS she has, but can get it from her if it
matters (she knows to get that before calling the vendor).

Any hints, including "RTFM" (with page number :-) would be welcome.  My
friend is on the net, but is still "ramping up", and pays for time and
disk, so please follow-up here or email me.  Thanks.

				-Jim.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: ProComm Plus On 1000SX with Sun 4?
Reply-To: gonzalez@bbn.com (Jim Gonzalez)

I'm helping a friend get established on the net.  She has a Tandy
1000SX with a "hard card", stock printer port and aftermarket card with
serial, printer and game ports.  She bought the latest ProComm Plus 
(she uses an older version at work, with genuine IBM PC's), and I
took her through the registration procedure on a local public-access
Unix system, which is a Sun 4 running SunOS 4.x.x.  ProComm is set to
run vt100 emulation, by the way.

Things are running fairly smoothly, except for two problems that reveal
themselves when running vi.  When doing an insert anywhere on a line,
the characters she types fail to appear on the screen.  Doing a ^L to
redraw the screen reveals that the characters _are_ getting into the
buffer.  Also, backspacing while in command mode results inthe
character in the cursor being replaced with a blank.  Again, a redraw
shows that the _buffer_ contents are correct.

I've been on the same host with via telnet from a Sun and dial-up from
an Amiga, each running vt100 emulation.  Both performed flawlessly, so
I suspect either the 1000SX or ProComm Plus have either a bug or a
subtle configuration problem.  We followed the installation
instructions for the card and for ProComm Plus to the letter, and saw
no problems in either procedure.  I don't know the DOS version, or the 
version of the Phoenix BIOS she has, but can get it from her if it
matters (she knows to get that before calling the vendor).

Any hints, including "RTFM" (with page number :-) would be welcome.  My
friend is on the net, but is still "ramping up", and pays for time and
disk, so please follow-up here or email me.  Thanks.

				-Jim.
From: Alan.Moorman@f31.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Alan Moorman)
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