[vox-tech] Xterm and terminal types

[Rod Roark]

On Friday 10 December 2004 03:54 pm, Shwaine wrote:
>From my experiences (which was over 5 years ago), getting fully compliant 
> client programs that can successfully interpret all of SCO's stuff is 
> rather dicey. I can't remember what I did for Linux (or if I even got it 
> working on Linux or not) since it was so long ago. I do remember several 
> weeks of trying to access FoxPro for SCO to only get a mess on screen 
> (that program had a curses-like gui interface, so it really tested the 
> limits of compatability). I also remember that only one Windows program 
> was able to access it correctly, although I don't remember which, and that 
> using ANSI terminals did not work. So for everyone that thinks SCO ANSI is 
> just an extension of ANSI, I can tell you from experience that it's a very 
> BIG extension such that you should not expect an ANSI terminal to get you 
> much beyond the basic command line.
> 
> I would suggest that you take a laptop or test machine to your sister's 
> now (if possible) and test out all the ideas offered here on their 
> particular application. Even terminals which claim to support SCO ANSI 
> might not for their program, depending on how well it supports SCO ANSI. 
> My general thought is if it's still tied to SCO even now, that it probably 
> does make extensive use of SCO specific extensions, otherwise it probably 
> would have been ported to another *nix long ago, so you need something 
> which is almost flawless in emulation. You might want to ask your sister 
> why they only use the one Windows program and if it's because others 
> didn't work, then that's another point in evidence that you'll need a 
> terminal which fully supports SCO ANSI.

This makes sense, and is excellent feedback.  I'll try
"export TERM=linux" after the remote login and see what
happens.

If that's not good enough then it appears the problem can be
solved by throwing money at it; currently they use a Windows
app called PowerTerm, and there seems to be a Linux version
of the same product available for $89.

Thanks,

-- Rod