At 01:01 PM 6/22/96 EDT, Jeff Kell wrote:
 
>The /etc/profile script *unconditionally* sets you to an hp2392a regardless
>of what you really are and/or any existing TERM environment variable.  No
>problem for a 700/92; they have trouble with basic 2392a functionality let
>alone the added 700/92 features.  Sun Solaris has better hp terminal support
>than the Posix shell.
>
>(Yes, I am rather annoyed at this easily-fixed but long-ignored problem)
 
When I asked the response center a year or so ago (for a 9k as it happened),
I was told by someone in Chelsford that I should really use a DEC terminal.
At the time, I pointed out that HP was a popular terminal vendor and that he
should look at what it says on his paycheck sometime.
 
 
 
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