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Date:      Thu, 21 Jan 1999 14:12:26 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        jhorn@daytona.pi-inc.com (Jason Horn)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Console emulation question
Message-ID:  <199901211912.OAA12468@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9901210804480.7385-100000@daytona.pi-inc.com> from Jason Horn at "Jan 21, 99 08:06:56 am"

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Jason Horn wrote,
> My last message has gone unanswered.  Is it possible to change the
> emulation of the console?  I want to setup a 486 I have to act as a dumb
> terminal.  All it needs to do is run wy60 emulation at the console and
> telnet into our main box.  I've changed my TERM variable to wy60, but the
> screen doesn't behave properly.  What I'm hoping is there is a way to make
> the console emulate wy60.

Did you try changing the 'type' in /etc/ttys? If you are changing the
TERM variable after the tty has been started, it won't do much.

See,
man ttys
man getty
man termcap
man gettytab
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com

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