At 01:47 PM 3/24/03 +0000, you wrote:
>> I'm running debian-390 under hercules-390 (v2.17.1), both under
RH7.3
>> and under WinXP.  A strange problem showed up recently, in that the
>> split vertical bar character would disappear when entered from the
>> hercules HMC console.  Not get translated into something else, just
>> plain deleted.
>
>What operating system is hosting your Hercules?

I run it both under RedHat Linux 7.3 and under WinXP Pro.  The behavior
is the same in both, and I think it is a function of the linux kernel
translations conflicting with the hercules default translations.

>Only I had the exact same problem with Cygwin on WinME and found this

>in the Cygwin FAQ:
>
>Pipe key (`|') doesn't work on non-US keyboards in Win9x/ME
>This might get fixed someday, but meanwhile, just use rxvt, which
does
>not have this problem. This is no real loss, because rxvt has many
>other advantages. (Do not attempt to use the "broken" pipe key (`|')
as
>a substitute, it is a different character.)

I think knowing what code pages the kernel uses will help resolve the
issue.  When running linux-390 under hercules, one will have to select
the right code page translation, which may not be the same one used for
retro-computing with VM/370 R6 or MVS3.8j.
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