>In article <1994Sep12.184322.29308@miavx1>,
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>> So do you have to use VT100 to be able to write mail read news etc.
>> like to use anther type of term.  How would one set it?  And which
> I
>> use.  :)
>
>OpenVMS is EXTREMELY picky about the terminal type.  OpenVMS, out of
>the  box, will only support VT style terminals (plus a few misc. DEC
>terminals/printers) and Motif.  OpenVMS does provide a way to define
>new  terminal types, but not all applications support these new
>terminals   definitions.
>
>Do you have a specific reason you want to use a different terminal
>type?
 
        I've found a number of terminal emmulations to work: VT-100, VT-102,
ANSI, and ANSI-BBS.  I would assume that AVATAR would work as well, but I see
no reason to use it.  I personally use ANSI.