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version 6 install on tower 700

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TO: Technical Support
FROM: Chris Brown
RE: the "@" character during v6 install
DATE: 17 July 1990

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During the Version 6 install procedure, customers are required to type
in their control numbers provided with their package. Some of these
control numbers have the "@" character as part of its sequence. On
some machines, the "@" character represents an stty setting such as
'kill' or 'erase'. If your terminal regards the "@" symbol as a
function and not as a character, you may not be able to enter your
control number when doing the install.

To find out if the "@" character represents a function on your
terminal, type the following command at your system prompt:

stty -a

If the "@" character is asigned to a function, you will see the
function on the screen next to all of your terminal's other function
assignments. For example, if the "@" character is assigned to the
'kill' function, you will see the following:

kill = @

next to how ever many other function assignments on your terminal. If
the "@" character is assigned to a function, type the following
command at your system prompt:

stty 'function' 'unassigned-character'

where 'function' is the name of the function "@" is assigned to (in
our exapmle, kill), and where 'unassigned-character' is a character
that is not assigned to any function. For example, if you type 'stty
-a', and you see the "+" character is not assigned to any function,
type the following command at your sytem prompt:

stty kill +

After you enter your control number, you must reassign the "@"
character to the function it was originally assigned to. To do this,
type the following command:

stty 'function' @

where 'function' is the function "@" was originally assigned to. For
our example, you would type the following command:

stty kill @

Progress Software Technical Support Note # 5273