From: Ed Carp (erc@apple.com)
Date: 08/01/93 

From: erc@apple.com (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: [PROBLEM] Modem disconnect garble screws up my terminal character set
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1993 22:42:44 GMT

timothy@tbucks.com wrote:
: Jeff Kopmanis (jeffk@garnet.msen.com) wrote:

: : When I disconnect from my online system, occasionally, some 8-bit garbage
: : comes down the line and sets my terminal's character set real weird. This
: : is for output-only, as I can still type commands and Linux will respond
: : correctly. I just can't understand or read what I typed. It's as if 0x80
: : was added to every character or something, 'cause they all appear as funky
: : line drawing characters (from the PC char set), bullets and such.

: : What's up? If no one knows, how can I reset my terminal session to a
: : start-up condition without rebooting?

: Hit Control-v, Control-o, then enter. It will say command not found, but
: reset the terminal.

Or you could do what I did - put it in your /etc/issue file. :) 

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Ed Carp, N7EKG                  erc@apple.com                   510/659-9560

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