Bah! HP Terminal smarter n' me

From: Frank McConnell <fmc_at_reanimators.org>
Date: Mon Oct 4 11:11:47 2004

Ron Hudson wrote:
> Yes, it's only one null modem. I have now a 9 pin straight
> cable+null modem adapter+genderchanger and It works. I think I am
> missing some handshake though.. when I put the terminal in smooth
> scroll it looses characters when I list things or print out
> something that is long. Everything works fine in the faster jump
> scroll. Just not as pleasing to use.

The "pleasure" of smooth scroll wears off.

Anyway, yes, the terminal can be made to do XON/XOFF flow control, but
it will be better for you to figure out the wiring and configuration
to use the RTS/CTS and maybe DSR lines for hardware flow control and
tell the terminal to do that. Then you'll be able to use Emacs without
kludging around having used C-s and C-q for flow control. (That religious
battle is on-topic here, isn't it?)

-Frank McConnell
Received on Mon Oct 04 2004 - 11:11:47 BST