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  Subject    : Change minicom terminal type
  Message-ID : <cfbdde26-c383-4278-bf5e-34d983bf7fe0@jknott.net>
  Date & Time: Tue, 14 May 2024 16:40:34 -0400

[JK] == James Knott <james.knott@jknott.net> has written:

JK>  For some reason, minicom likes to default to VT102 (I haven't worked with any
JK>  DEC gear in 35 years).  Is there anyway to change to ANSI?
JK>  According to what I found on the 'net, adding "pu rtscts Yes" to
JK>  the minirc.dfl file is supposed to make it default to ANSI, but
JK>  that doesn't seem to work.  Even real DEC terminals could be
JK>  configured to run ANSI. 

In your minicom config file (/etc/minirc.x or .minirc.x) put:

   pu rtscts           Yes

where Yes fot ANSI, No for VT102.