MultiView Mascot Support

Terminals Supported by Multiview Mascot

1.0 Terminals Supported at this Release
The terminals listed in the following table are fully validated to work with this release of MultiView Mascot’s virtual terminal. Any difficulties found using MultiView Mascot with one of these terminals may be described in this section, and/or in the notes for the relevant terminal in the ‘mvw_termcap’ file. Should you still have difficulties these should be reported.

Terminals Supported:

   Terminal      | Description
   ========================================================================
   adds705      | ADDS 705. Provided to enable support on AlphaWindow only.
   ansi         | Ansi standard console (e.g. SCO).
   ansic        | Ansi color console (e.g. SCO).
   ansi-nam     | Ansi standard console with no auto-margin facility. 
   AT386        | AT&T style standard color consoles(e.g. ICL, Interactive). 
   AT386-M      | AT&T style mono consoles(e.g. ICL, Interactive).
   hp 700/60    | HP 700/60 in Wyse 60, vt100 & vt220 emulation mode.
   ibm3151      | IBM 3151 with 8-bit character sets without a cartridge. 
   ibm3151-c    | IBM 3151 with 8-bit character sets and cartridge. 
   ibm3151-w    | IBM 3151 in 132 column startup mode.
   ibm3151-wc   | IBM 3151 in 132 column startup mode and cartridge. 
   ibm3151-25   | IBM 3151 in 25 line start up mode.
   ibm3151-25c  | IBM 3151 in 25 line start up mode and cartridge. 
   ibm3151-51   | IBM 3151 model 51 in PC mode.
   ibm3151-61   | IBM 3151 model 61 in PC mode.
   ibm3151-7    | IBM 3151 w/ 7-bit character sets.
   ibm3151-noc  | IBM 3151 w/ 8-bit character sets without cartridge. 
   ibm3161      | IBM 3161 w/ 8-bit character sets without NLS cartridge. 
   ibm3161-7    | IBM 3161 w/ 7-bit character sets.
   ibm3161-C    | IBM 3161 w/ 8-bit character sets with NLS cartridge. 
   ibm3163      | IBM 3163 w/ 8-bit character sets.
   ibm3163-7    | IBM 3163 w/ 7-bit character sets.
   ibm3164-7    | IBM 3164 w/ 7-bit character sets.
   ibm3164      | IBM 3164 w/ 8-bit character sets.
   isc-AT386    | Interactive UNIX at/386 console (color).
   isc-AT386-M  | Interactive UNIX at/386 standard console.
   doc18        | ICL m5 in 7-bit input mode.
   doc18-c      | ICL m10 color terminal.
   doc18-w      | ICL m5 in 132-column mode.
   doc18-cw     | ICL m10 color terminal in 132-column mode.
   doc18-25     | ICL m5 in 25-line mode.
   doc18-25c    | ICL m10 color terminal in 25-line mode.
   doc18-25w    | ICL m5 in 25-line and 132-column modes.
   doc18-25cw   | ICL m10 color terminal in 25-line and 80-column modes. 
   doc18-8      | ICL m5 in 8-bit input mode.
   doc18-8-c    | ICL m10 color terminal in 8-bit input mode.
   doc18-8-w    | ICL m5 in 8-bit input and 132-column modes.
   doc18-8-cw   | ICL m10 color terminal in 8-bit input and 132-column modes.
   doc18-8-25   | ICL m5 in 8-bit input and 25-line modes.
   doc18-8-25c  | ICL m10 color terminal in 8-bit input and 25-line modes.
   doc18-8-25w  | ICL m5 in 8-bit input, 25-line and 132-column modes. 
   doc18-8-25cw | ICL m10 in 8-bit input, 25-line and 132-column modes.
   nokia-vt220  | Nokia VDU220 with graphics mode in 7-bit startup. 
   nokia-vt220-8| Nokia VDU220 with graphics mode in 8-bit startup. 
   ti916        | TI916 in Wyse 60, vt100 & vt220 emulation mode.
   ti924        | TI 924. Alias for t1.
   ti924-8      | TI 924. Alias for t2.
   ti928        | TI 928. Alias for x1.
   ti928-8      | TI 928. Alias for x2.
   ti928-8w     | TI 928 in 8-bit input mode and wide mode.
   ti931        | TI 931. Alias for t9.
   t1           | TI 924 in 7-bit multi-national start up mode.
   t2           | TI 924 in 8-bit multi-national start up mode.
   t9           | TI 931.
   T9           | TI 931. Alias for t9.
   vt100        | DEC vt102.
   vt100-nam    | DEC vt102 with no auto-margin facility.
   vt200        | Alias for DEC vt220 in 7-bit multi-national start up mode. 
   vt200-8      | Alias for DEC vt220 in 8-bit multi-national start up mode.
   vt200-nam    | Alias for DEC vt220 with no auto-margin facility. 
   vt200-8-nam  | Alias for DEC vt220 with no auto margins and 8-bit i/p.
   vt220        | DEC vt220 in 7-bit multi-national start up mode.
   vt220-8      | DEC vt220 in 8-bit multi-national start up mode.
   vt220-nam    | DEC vt220 with no auto-margin facility.
   vt220-8-nam  | DEC vt220 in 8-bit input startup mode with no auto margins.
   wyse50       | Wyse 50.
   wyse50n      | Wyse 50 with no auto-margin facility.
   wyse60       | Wyse 60.
   wyse60ns     | Alias for Wyse 60 with no scan code support.
   wyse60ak     | Wyse 60 with support for alternate cursor key values. 
   wyse60ns     | Wyse 60 with non-scan VP/ix in non-scan mode.
   wyse60-w     | Wyse 60 in wide mode.
   wyse75       | Wyse 75.
   wyse75-w     | Wyse 75 in wide mode.
   wyse120      | Wyse 120. This is based on the wyse60 support.
   wyse120ak    | Wyse 120 with support for alternate cursor key values. 
   wyse120-ansi | Wyse 120 with ANSI keyboard.
   wyse120-w    | Wyse 120 with standard ASCII keyboard in wide mode. 
   wyse150      | Wyse 150. Alias for Wyse 120 with 110 volt power supply. 
   wyse150ak    | Wyse 150 with support for alternate cursor key values. 
   wyse150-ansi | Wyse 150 with ANSI keyboard.
   wyse150-w    | Wyse 150 with standard ASCII keyboard in wide mode. 
   wyse160      | Wyse 160.
   wyse160ak    | Wyse 160 with support for alternate cursor key values. 
   wyse160-w    | Wyse 160 in wide mode.
   wyse160-wak  | Wyse wy160 - alternative cursor keys in wide mode. 
   wyse185      | Wyse 185 in 7-bit input mode.
   wyse185-8    | Wyse 185 in 8-bit input mode.
   wyse185-8w   | Wyse 185 in 8-bit input and wide mode.
   wyse370      | Wyse 370 in 7-bit input mode.
   wyse370-8    | Wyse 370 in 8-bit input mode.
   wyse370-w    | Wyse wy370 in wide mode.
   x1           | TI 928 in 7-bit input mode.
   x2           | TI 928 in 8-bit input mode. 
   

If your terminal is not listed above, there is a termcap extension file issued with this release which contains a number of widely used terminals. MultiView Mascot will search for your terminal type in this file if it is not in the mvw_termcap file. If the extension file has an entry, MultiView Mascot will operate using this entry, but you should be aware that terminals in this file have not been fully validated and you may therefore encounter problems when using these descriptions, see Configuration Guide, Configuring a New Terminal for assistance.

1.1 ADDS 705.
This terminal has been added to enable MultiView Mascot support for this type of emulation on an AlphaWindow terminal. MultiView Mascot has not been validated with a real ADDS 705 terminal.

1.2 AT386.
The MultiView Mascot mvw_termcap entry for the UNIX V.4 AT386 color console does not have the underline attribute defined as default. The reason for this is that in order for the AT386 console to support the underline attribute you must first send out the sequence CSI38m. Unfortunately this removes the capability of blue background color. If you wish to enable underscore, please refer to the UNIX V.4 AT386 entry in the mvw_termcap for further details.

Note, any application that makes use of blue background may be effected by enabling the underscore capability. An example of this is the MultiView Mascot accelerator key help menu, which uses a white foreground on a blue background by default. The blue background will be replaced by the AT386 color consoles default color of white. The effect of this is that the menu will be shown as white on white and therefore no text will be shown. You can change the menu colors as described in the Configuration Guide page 33, Defining colors.

1.3 DEC vt200.
This is the generic DEC name for the vt220 family. These entries reference the MultiView Mascot vt220 entries. The default accelerator keys have been configured to use the <DO> key instead of the <ESC> key since genuine DEC vt220's do not have an <ESC> key. By default, the vt200 is set to the 7-bit input version of the vt220. See DEC vt220 above for more details related to vt200 support.

1.4 DEC vt220.
1.4.1
For real DEC vt220s (or emulators) which do not have an <ESC> key you may wish to use the <DO> key as your MultiView Mascot accelerator key instead. The DEC vt220 entry in the mvw_termcap has been enhanced to include the relevant mnemonics to allow for this. Please refer to the DEC vt220 entry in the mvw_termcap for further details.

1.4.2
Mixed 7 and 8-bit function key sequences on the vt220 are not supported, however MultiView Mascot does support 7-bit start and end sequences, or 8-bit start and end sequences, but not mixed. e.g. a 7 bit DCS sequence must be terminated with a 7 bit ST sequence.

1.5 HP 700/60 & 700/92.
The HP 700/60 & 700/92 terminals support a variety of emulations. Each of the following emulations, that are supported within MultiView Mascot, have been validated on the equivalent real terminal. Any HP extensions are not supported at this release.

700/60 - Wyse60, vt100 & vt220 (ROM revision C1080-80024-3223 or above)

700/92 - vt100 & vt220.

1.6 IBM 3151/61/63.
1.6.1
The keyboard <Back Tab> and <Send> keys for the following IBM terminals clash with the default accelerator keys Help and Size:

     ibm3151       ibm3161     ibm3163     
     ibm3151-c     ibm3161-7   ibm3163-7 
     ibm3151-noc   ibm3161-C        
     ibm3151-w  
     ibm3151-wc
     ibm3151-7
     ibm3151-25
     ibm3151-25c
     ibm3151-51
     ibm3151-61    
     

The defaults have been changed, as described in the Configuration Guide (page 17), to accommodate this. The new accelerator keys are as follows:

Key Help is now <ESC> 6
Size is now <ESC> = (equals)

1.6.2
You should make sure that “Forced Insert” is set to “CHARACTER” in the terminal's setup before running MultiView Mascot. This will prevent corruption in paste operations into editors such as “vi”.

1.7 IBM 3164.
1.7.1
The keyboard <Back Tab> and <Send> keys for the IBM 3164 terminal clash with the default accelerator keys Help and Size. The defaults have been changed, as described in the Configuration Guide (page 17), to accommodate this. The new accelerator keys are as follows:

Key Help is now <ESC> 6
Size is now <ESC> = (equals)

1.7.2
The IBM 3164 color terminal can accept foreground/background color re-assignments as part of an overall Set Attribute Command, while in program color mode. However, the color Black (ISO value 0) is disallowed, by the terminal, as a valid foreground color and if set as such the terminal defaults to the foreground color green instead.

1.7.3
The IBM 3164 has a choice of seven possible colors for display, however the internal numeric representation for some differ from their equivalent ISO value. The table below illustrates the differences:

     Color   | IBM 3164 | ISO
     ============================
     Black   | 0        | 0
     Red     | 4        | 1
     Green   | 2        | 2
     Yellow  | 6        | 3
     Blue    | 1        | 4
     Magenta | 5        | 5
     Cyan    | 3        | 6
     White   | 7        | 7 
   

(Please refer to the Configuration Guide, Defining colors, page 33,for more information).

This color number mismatch only becomes a problem if the numbers themselves are assigned to the variables "foreground" and "background", within the MultiView Mascot command file (MultiView Mascot.rc) COLOR definition section. If they are then the IBM 3164 values should replace standard ISO values. If the standard ISO color names are assigned to the color variables then no problem is posed, as the correct IBM 3164 color values are mapped to the color choices automatically by MultiView Mascot.

The IBM 3164 cannot display Cyan, hence if this color is chosen Turquoise is displayed instead.

1.7.4
The mvw_termcap mnemonic "r1" is used by MultiView Mascot for terminal resetting, this string is issued on closing down MultiView Mascot. At present this is set to (RIS) for the IBM 3164. These entries are based on the First Edition of the DRS M5/M15 Text Programming Guide, and are supported under the Generic Terminal functionality of the MultiView Mascot Virtual Terminal. Please refer to the Configuration Guide, Using the Generic Terminals page 122, for more information.

The 'mvw_termcap' file contains detailed information related to the support provided for all of the terminals in the doc 18 range.

1.9.1
The TI 916 terminal supports a variety of emulations. Each of the following emulations, that are supported within MultiView Mascot, have been validated on the equivalent real terminal. Any TI extensions are not supported at this release.

Wyse60, vt100 & vt220.

1.9.2
TI 916 Terminal in wyse 60 mode. The default termcap name for the Wyse 60 on the TI System V is w7. This naming of the Wyse 60 is not supported in the mvw_termcap. If you wish to use w7 for your TERM environment variable when using the TI 916 terminal you should set the MultiView Mascot MVWTERM variable to wyse60 or wys60. See 8.0.4 for more information.

1.10.1
8-bit mode verses 7-bit mode on the TI 928 terminal.

The default data word size for the 928 terminal in vt320 personality is 8-bits. However, the terminal may be operated in both 7-bits and 8-bits modes. If set in 8-bit communications mode, the terminal may also transmit and receive 7-bit characters. If set in 7-bit communications mode, the terminal may only transmit and receive 7-bit characters. For the 928 in vt320 personality to work properly in 8-bit mode, the terminal must communicate with the host in 8-bit mode. To communicate with the host in 8-bit mode, the software settings must be set to 8-bits (i.e. stty cs8 -parity -istrip, or any equivalent parameter(s)). Then from the terminal's Setup Menu, set the Data Length entry from the Port Menu to 8-bits, set the Character Mode and the Control Mode entries from the Emulation Menu to 8-bits.

Failure to set up the terminal as described above could result in the screen becoming corrupt when graphics characters are displayed. For more information on the 928 terminal consult your 928 Reference Guide.

1.10.2
Graphics characters are loaded at initialization.

As graphics characters are loaded at initialization, if they are lost (by cycling power on the terminal) you must refresh the screen and then reload the graphics if you wish to continue without restarting the MultiView Mascot session.

1.11.1
The keyboard <Back Tab> key for this terminal clashes with the default accelerator key for Help.

The default has been changed, as described in the Configuration Guide (page 17), to accommodate this. The new accelerator key is as follows:

Help is now <ESC> 6

1.11.2
The t5 entry for PC's running the 931 emulator on a color monitor.

The t5 termcap entry available on TI System V contains special handling for PC's with color monitors running the 931 emulator. This special handling makes use of colors on the display that are not supported by MultiView Mascot. If you wish to use the t5 entry for other applications you may do so, but you should be aware that it is part of the non-supported terminal capability file, mvw_extensions, and is aliased to the "t9" entry of the mvw_termcap file. 1.11.3 The 924 terminal in 931 emulation mode. The TI 924 terminal does not support the display of the status (message) line. Therefore when operating this terminal in 931 mode, the standard MultiView Mascot softkey line appears on the last line of the screen.

1.12.1
Please also refer to KNOWN PROBLEMS AT THIS RELEASE.

1.12.2
The keyboard <Send> key for the Wyse 50 terminal clashes with the default accelerator key for Move. The default has been changed, as described in the Configuration Guide (page 17), to accommodate this. The new accelerator key is as follows:

Move is now <ESC> 6

1.13.1
The keyboard <Send> key for the Wyse 60 terminal clashes with the default accelerator key for Move. The default has been changed, as described in the Configuration Guide (page 17), to accommodate this. The new accelerator key is as follows:

Move is now <ESC> = (equals)

1.13.2
Character set definition cannot be supported under this release of MultiView Mascot. This is because characters are defined on a per bank basis rather than a per character set. This means that when a new character set is loaded in a bank with defined characters then all of these defined characters will be lost.

1.13.3
The Wyse 60 allows most of the keys on the keyboard to be programmed by applications. Unfortunately, there are three different types of keyboards available and they do not necessarily have all of the programmable keys. It has been found that attempting to program keys which are not on the keyboard will cause the key programming data to be interpreted by the terminal as valid characters.

Example:

Attempting to set the key to transmit T on a keyboard which does not have such a key will result in the sequence T being interpreted by the terminal as clear to end of line. This may corrupt the screen image when attempted under MultiView Mascot.

1.14 Wyse 120 / Wyse 150 / Wyse 160.
These terminals are subject to the same caveats as for the Wyse 60 outlined in 3.5 above, with the following exception, The keyboard <Send> key for these terminals clashes with the default accelerator key for Move.

The default has been changed, as described in the Configuration Guide (page 17), to accommodate this. The new accelerator key is as follows:

Move is now <ESC>6

1.15 Wyse 185.
The functionality of the Wyse 185 terminal is similar to that of a DEC vt220 (see DEC vt220 above). This means that you do not have an <ESC> key and you may wish to use the <DO> key as your MultiView Mascot accelerator key instead. The Wyse 185 entry in the mvw_termcap has been enhanced to include the relevant mnemonics to allow for this. Please refer to the Wyse 185 entry in the mvw_termcap for further details.

1.16 Wyse 370.
This terminal is supported under the Generic Terminal functionality of the MultiView Mascot Virtual Terminal. Please refer to the Configuration Guide, Using the Generic Terminals page 122, for more information.