Re: Working with Oracle*Terminal

deepthought!neil_at_ms.uky.edu (Neil Greene) writes:

>I have several users accessing Oracle through ibm compatible computers. Some
>users' cursor key movements work, some don't. I cannot determine what is
>causing some keyboards not to work correctly when using cursor keys.
 

>They are 101 key keyboards with the following settings (although, I cannot
>verify this):
 

>DOWN ARROW ^[OB or ^[[B. Oracle*Terminal is using an \eOB for DOWN ARROW.
 

>Does this happen frequently in some setups?? Should I look closer at the
>software configurations on the pcs?? What are some other cases of cursor keys
>not working??? Caps on, caps off, numlock on, numlock off???

There is a silly device-driver on DOS-PCs called ANSI.SYS. It provides ANSI VT52 terminal emulation at the PC console (DOS device 'CON:'). Maybe it is missing on some of the PCs.

Until NeXT time,
Stefan

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