[SunRescue] Funkiness in Sparc serial consoles using vt100

[BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak]

> i'm too lazy to quote, so cope. :)

Sure....(:+}}...

> first off, nice to see ya again NetBSD Bob, although i like what your name 
> shows up as now, very nice. :)

Thanks....(:+}}...

> i don't have any technical sort of data (but when do i??) but i have had 
> absolutely no troubles at all what-so-ever using a VT520 on my Classic X which
> runs NetBSD.  i tried vt100 emulation and it was a flaming piece of dreck and
> never worked right.  i got over that real quick and put it in VT520 mode and it
> has worked like a charm.  try putting the vt420 in vt420 mode and make tha
> machine cope.  i know there is a vt420 in the termcap file (or whatever it's
> called these days, my brain is ready to fall out, aaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!)

Well, I was following Henry Spencer's fine logic, quoted of late, to the
modified effect that all the world's terminal emulations grok vt100 by
default, and thus, was trying to make that work.  That is handy, from the
Simeon Simpleton Bitbucket attachment mode, usually.  What is causing me
to scratch the remaining three hairs upon me noggin, is that the emulation
works fine on the SS10, but not on the Classic, in either NetBSD or OpenBSD.
Same terminal, same settings, SS10 OK, Classic barf, as it happens to be.
There be some bit of small subtlety, there, there be.....(:+}}...

I will try the vt420 default mode and see if that helps.  If nothing
else, I will stick the DEC terminal back on the VAXentoyz and reach
fer a Wyse or a Televideo.... they never seem to barf in vt100 mode.

> i'm going to bed now, putting those words together was far too difficult.

Nah, ye just needs another round o' Joe, in yer veins, fer another
all-nighter a'bangin' on da keyboard....(:+}}....

Thanks

Bob