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Using bash (BL2) or sh (BL3), can I set the terminal to wrap at 40 lines?
Where does BL set columns, or does it use a default?

I am playing with a Palm III.  It has built-in networking which allows 
connecting to an ISP, then I can use ssh or telnet to reach a shell 
account.  PDA cable plus null-modem adaptor (consisting in our case of 
blue nullmodem cable and three other gender-changer and size-changer 
adaptors) plus modem gets me lynx (with Mocha Pocket Telnet - not Topgun 
SSH, which does poor terminal emulation).  It would help to set 40 col at 
my shell accounts (temporarily via command line).

In theory you can use the PDA connection cable (which is apparently a 
nullmodem cable) alone with the PDA in terminal mode (Mocha telnet or 
pvterm?) to run BL on a PDA connected to a PC.  Mocha telnet lets you 
scroll to see 80 columns but it is a pain.  It does VT220 and also VT100 - 
no 40 col mode - or maybe VT102.  To use an external terminal you need to 
edit inittab.  BL2 comes with the required line in inittab but BL3.4 and 
BL3.5 do not.

In BL2:
c4:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
(virtual terminal No. 4)
#s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L 19200 ttyS0 vt100
(uncomment #s2 to devote a serial port to nullmodemed terminal)

In BL3.5:
tty3::askfirst:-/bin/sh  (virtual terminal No. 3)

What do these differences mean and can I copy over the BL2 line for a real 
terminal connection or should it be different?

We have a Palm III external keyboard but supposedly it cannot be used 
while telnetted or in terminal mode.

I compiled and posted pilot-link software for palm in linux (BL2).

Sindi

keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org