In article <[log in to unmask]>,
[log in to unmask] writes:
>>
>> I've had the same thing happen.  If from the Gandalf data switch, you choose
v1
>> instead of miavx1, the VAX expects that you are set to Even parity and 7
data
>> bits.  My version of PCPlus for Windows defaults to No parity and 8 data
bits.
>> If the VAX is using E71 and you're set to N81, then PCPlus uses that parity
bit
>> as a data bit, and you get a bunch of garbage, and can't type half your
>> letters.
>
> I do have my settings at E-7-1.  I don't have garbage on the screen I just
> can't type certain letters!!
>
> But thanks for the advice!
>
 
Then, I would suspect your terminal emulation is set wrong (although I've
never seen one that bad).  It sounds like PCPlus is mapping your keyboard
to weird places.
 
OTOH, if you only notice it when you read news, then have you tried just
editting a text file?  If that is giving you problems also, perhaps you
should try SET TERM/NOEIGHT and see if that clears it up.
 
Other than that, I have no idea.
 
John
--
Drivel of the year:
"...DOS is utterly unable to handle more than 1MB of memory.  Removing
this limitation from DOS would result in something that just _isn't_
DOS any more--it wouldn't run existing DOS programs." -PC Mag, Nov 23,
1993.
---> OS/2? - what DOS could have been and would like to be.