termcap file, printing, porting

[T Crabtree]

I have restored an older version of FilePro Plus 16
(v.4) on SCO UNIX Release 3.2v4.0y. I received much
assistance from the list to do this, and greatly
appreciate it.

I still have a couple of issues:

1.)/etc/termcap - The ESC key doesn't work like it is
supposed to. It doesn't save when I hit it. Before
'ESC-ESC' was what we hit to save changes. Also,
instead of lines around the menu borders, the
characters "3" and "8" are the borders. It makes it
hard to enter numerical data, since the field input
bleeds into the 3's and 8's.
I don't have a complete list of the environmental
variables. Is this an /etc/termcap issue or a variable
one?

2.)printing - I set up the default printer using
sysadmsh, then selected '7' from the main FP menu and
added a printer there. For the command, I entered lp
-dprinter_name.
I still have problems trying to print reports.

3.)porting to Linux/BSD - I have tried to mount the
floppies on Linux -- even recompiled to recongize
Xenix FS -- but I had no luck. Same with FreeBSD. I
have even tried to format a partition on a BSD drive
to the Xenix FS. Has anyone had luck moving from old
SCO to Linux or BSD without having to do a total
rewrite. It's ridiculous that we are still using such
old hardware and an OS that is unsupported. I'm trying
to convince the owner to move to something more
current.

Thanks.


		
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