I believe set term/inquire does more than set term/type. Did you give it a try? You may also want to put TCP/IP on your MV if you can, and save the Pi middle man and see if makes a difference.
On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM Peter Ekstrom via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > I have tried that. It seems VT220 isn't valid in VMS 5.3-1, but VT200 is > and I have tried it as well as most of the other types as well. > EDT is very limited in what it supports though: > > SET > > TERMINAL > > Format: SET TERMINAL { HCPY | VT100 | VT52 } > { SCROLL | NOSCROLL } > { EDIT | NOEDIT } > { EIGHTBIT | NOEIGHTBIT } > > Since it works under RSX11M and M+ I was expecting it to work under VMS as > well, but clearly not. I am wondering if it has something > to do with ssh from my laptop to the pi. I have made sure TERM in each > shell has been set before I ssh and then before I dnlogin, but > that hasn't helped either. I don't have a screen and keyboard on the pi. I > may need to setup the decnet stuff on one of my other Linux > machines and try eliminating ssh. And I realize the subject says telnet, > but it really is more ssh and then dnlogin. > > - Peter > > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM Wayne S <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Can you set your terminal emulator to emulate a vt220 instead of trying > > vms to do vt100. You used the set term vt100 command before? > > > > Vms has help. Just type help set from a command prompt. > > > > Also can do show term to see term params. Maybe show term /all … don’t > > remember exactly. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Dec 24, 2025, at 10:23, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I feel like I have tried everything, although I'm sure I haven't... > > > > > > I have my real MV 3100 up and running with a serial terminal on the > > console > > > port. It works great but I don't want to sit by the machine all the > time > > to > > > do stuff. I have DECnet running and am able to connect to it. I have an > > old > > > raspberry pi running a minimal linux setup with the decnet stuff > > installed. > > > > > > So I ssh to the pi (named gatewy) and from there I use dnlogin to talk > > > DECnet and connect to the machines. This way I can connect to my PDP-11 > > > machines running RSX11M and M+ and use EDT to edit files in screen > mode. > > > When I try the same under VMS, EDT starts, loads the file and enters > > screen > > > mode but just shows a blank screen with the cursor in the top-left > > corner. > > > If I go to line mode I can walk through the file and edit using line > > mode. > > > But as soon as I go back to the screen mode (the change command) I just > > get > > > the blank screen. > > > > > > I have made sure TERM in each shell is vt100 and I have tried forcing > VMS > > > to VT100 but it stays with a vt200_series terminal. I also have a SIMH > > > MV3100 also running VMS 5.3-1 (they both run on that version) and it > acts > > > the same way as the hardware MV3100. If I go onto the console > connection > > in > > > SIMH EDT works fine, as on the physical terminal on the real machine. > > > > > > Anyone have any pointers or ideas I can try? > > > > > > - Peter > > >
