Re: GeoComm

Dave Fetrow (fetrow@biostat.washington.edu)
Wed, 12 Apr 95 20:16 PDT

>
> I also managed to use GeoComm on my Zoomer without having to transfer any
> extra system files. It works great except that the Zoomer display deos not
> display 80 characters across. I found that I had to keep moving the screen
> back and forth to be able to read any 80 character screen. I guess this is
> because it was not inicially intended to be used on the Zoomer.
>
> Unless someone else has a fix for this.

Aha, knowledge gained from using a TRS-80/100 comes in handy every
decade or so.

Assuming you are connecting to a Unix system you can have the system
administrator add a new termcap and/or terminfo entry like this:

zo|zoomer:\
:li#24:co#60:tc=vt100:

...assuming the window you have is 24 lines and 60 columns.

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 -Dave Fetrow		fetrow@biostat.washington.edu
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