EX/ NCR TOWER
Robert L. Fair
cim2 at pyuxv.UUCP
Fri Aug 23 00:51:11 AEST 1985
>I have an application which needs to run an editor script with ex (sed
>and ed will not do). Even though my environment is properly set with
>TERM and TERMCAP, when I type "ex < file", the editor does not seem to
>know my terminal type. On the VAX (4.2) this is not so bad, but on an
>NCR Tower ex refused to do any editing without a cursor addressable
>terminal. Depending upon specifics, I got messages like:
> Terminal must have UP capability to use open/visual mode
>(even thought the only command in the file was "set"), or
> Unknown terminal type "dumb"
>
>Is anyone familiar with this problem? Is there a workaround?
>By the way, does the Tower have a Unisoft port?
> Thanks in advance,
The answer is yes, ( I think ) NCR UNIX release 1 was indeed
UNISOFT based, and had a number of funnies like the ex problem
above.
To fix these problems ( & others...) NCR did their own
in-house port for their UNIX Release 2 (Out Spring 1985)
Its based on the AT&T System-V VAX tape with lots
of Berserkely goodies, plus things like ***full*** power fail
recovery, file locking, and a really neat distributed
kernel. In fact its one of the nicest UNIX implementations I've
ever used, especially with the hardware support on the TOWER-XP.
So, try upgrading from Release-1 if you havn't done so already.
Otherwise, try talking to NCR direct - I've found them to be
pretty helpful in getting fixes.
Rob. Fair.
Bellcore, Piscataway.
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