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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: ipm-pc-xt termcap
Message-ID: <356@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 21:12:18 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 18 21:12:18 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Sep-85 10:34:55 EDT
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Reply-To: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
Organization: Nicolet Instrument Corp. Madison WI
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In article <2932@ncsu.UUCP> rlj@ncsu.UUCP (Rick Johnson) writes:
>could someone mail me a termcap entry for the ibm-pc-xt or suggest
>a suitable termcap entry to use from the 4.2 BSD termcap distribution?
>thanks.

The IBM-PC or XT (or clones) are NOT terminals.  The RS-232 port doesn't
even work unless you 1) bought an optional card and 2) got some software
to allow the PC to become a terminal.

Most emulators are of the VT100 type.  They appear to be the most popular.
So, to recap, it isn't the PC that needs the termcap entry, but the terminal
emulation software that needs the termcap.

Hope this makes a difference.
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