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[sindi keesan <keesan2 AT cyberspace.org>]

Sindi Keesan
> > When I dial in with minicom or kermit I don't have this problem.  
> > When I telnet in I think it is identifying somehow as VT100 and 
> > when dialing in it identifies as terminal type linux.  

Actually I think it is identifying as linux both times but my bbs does not
recognize that as a terminal type and assigns dumb terminal type, which
does not work with Lynx (it is okay with Pine).

Steven Darnold:
> If you do the following, it should tell you the type:
> ----------
> echo $TERM
> ----------

It should, but it won't.  I type that and get another prompt.
This is SunOS 4, which is sort of screwy.  I will ask the bbs members
about this.  I can type set and it tells me term vt100 (after I have set
it to that during login).

> 
> > Is there some easy way to fix things so telnet identifies my 
> > terminal type as linux, 
> 
> I think you can change the terminal type (after the remote login)
> by doing this:
> ----------
> TERM=linux
> ----------
> Note: there is no $ prefix for TERM in this one.
> 

If I type this it tells me command not found TERM:

I have been able to use lynx at my second account (set up for baslinux
list mail), which I did not tell to force VT100.  It asks me the terminal
type (says it is unknown) and if I type Enter it tells me Type lynx
unknown and again TERM (unknown) and Enter gets me past this, then Lynx
wants to know the terminal type.  I tell it linux, which it accepts, and
Lynx works fine then, but Pine refuses to run because it has an unknown
terminal type.   I don't recall how my first account was set up.

So I tried entering VT100 as terminal type during login.  Lynx and Pine
both work (did not try with Cyrillic, which in DOS needed VT320).  I will
ask the bbs members how to deal with the original account where I am not
asked my terminal type.  It assigns me to dumb terminal mode when it is
somehow told linux which it does not recognize. So I need a way to set
vt100 at that account, which I will figure out.  May be something like
setenv.

Better yet, rather than telnetting there to run lynx and send mail with
attachments, I should be using lynx on my own computer with a mail program
that will attach binary files that I have downloaded using Lynx.  Still
hoping for some suggestions.   I also send my work (translations) as
binary attachments.  Currently I kermit them to the bbs and then send with
Pine.  Will Pine work on BL2?


BL2 is not just an operating system, it is an education.  Many thanks to
all.