Terminal Displays Unreadable Characters in BBS Connection

Last reviewed: April 14, 1997
Article ID: Q161763

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows CE version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

You may see unintelligible characters while you are connected to a bulletin board service (BBS) using the Terminal program included with Windows CE.

CAUSE

Your connection to the BBS may use an emulation type other than TTY or DEC VT-100. Terminal supports only the TTY and DEC VT-100 emulation types.

RESOLUTION

Contact the system operator (sysop) of the BBS to determine if your account can be changed to the TTY or DEC VT-100 emulation type.

MORE INFORMATION

ANSI is an example of a common terminal emulation type that Terminal does not support.

Additional query words: hand held garbage
Keywords : handheld kbtool wince kbtool
Version : 1.00
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 14, 1997
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