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- From: mcampbel@cs.ucf.edu (Mike Campbell )
- Subject: Re: Screwy characters after accidentally typing a binary?
- Message-ID: <mcampbel.725052668@eola.cs.ucf.edu>
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- Organization: University of Central Florida
- References: <724970547snx@weasel.demon.co.uk> <r!s263g@rpi.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:31:08 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- russed@rebecca.its.rpi.edu (Daniel Russell) writes:
-
- >agc@weasel.demon.co.uk (Alan Charlton) writes:
-
- >>> Every once in a while, I try to type a binary file
- >>> and my charcters all get shifted to graphics. Upper case
- >>> is OK, and if I logout and login with ALL CAPS, it will
- >>> run and I can read everything again (without lower case,
- >>> of course). Is there any way to fix this? It only happens on
- >>> one VC, the rest are fine.
- >>>
- >>> I have had this problem with other unix systems
- >>> and never learned how to fix it.
- >>>
- > You need to reset the terminal: if you're using zsh, just type:
- >% echotc rs<enter>
-
- > If you're using anything else, use:
- >% echo <whatever the rs termcap entry is>
-
- > The termcap of the machine I'm on now is being uncooperative, sorry
- >You will probably want to make a script to do it.
-
- > dan
-
- 'reset' also works - even though you can't see what you're typing... after
- you hit return, though, everything normal.
-
-
- Is there a way to go from a vga mode back to normal 80 x 25 mode?
-
- Anyone?
-
-