>In article <1994Sep12.184322.29308@miavx1>, >[log in to unmask] write s: >> 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.