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From: wolfgang@lyxys.ka.sub.org (Wolfgang Zenker)
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>>> [..]. My last question:
>>> I work on diffrent Windows machines and they only support vt100 or vt52
>>> (terminal.exe). [..]

>> If you can't get any of the available termcaps on the remote system
>> working
>> you have two options.
>> 1. Install a termcap (or terminfo) that supports your terminal.  I have
>> no idea
>> how you would go about doing this in a Windows environment.
>> 2. Run X on your local machine, and use XTerms to talk to the remote
>> server, 
>> using one of the VT100 modes (XTerms try to be VT102 emulators, but
>> VT100
>> is usually close enough for most purposeses)

Let me suggest a third option: Use "putty" (an open source windows-client
for telnet/rlogin/ssh) instead of terminal.exe. It has a quite good
Xterm emulation, and as extra bonus supports encrypted (ssh) connections.

Wolfgang

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