There are several editors in VMS. You might try one if the others. I think edit/Tpu is one. Can’t remember the others. Maybe someone on the list can.
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 24, 2025, at 11:14, Nadav Eiron <[email protected]> wrote: 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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 >
