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This may be a dumb question but someone asked me the other day if we had
our terminals set up on our RS6000 for local echo or host echo. He told me
that if it was set up for host echo that we could improve the 'perceived'
performance to the user by setting up the terminal parameters to local
echo?

How do I check how I have my terminals set up now?

If it needs to be changed to local echo, do I use the stty command, and
what parameter? Or how is it done?

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Brian Keith Smith
Carolina Handling, LLC
C*te, NC
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AIX, like most Unix implementations, functions in host echo (full
duplex).  Most,  if not all,  applications expect host echo and are
unable to deal with local echo (half duplex).
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Frank Wortner, Prodigy Services Company

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 Brian> This may be a dumb question but someone asked me the other day
 Brian> if we had our terminals set up on our RS6000 for local echo or
 Brian> host echo. He told me that if it was set up for host echo that
 Brian> we could improve the 'perceived' performance to the user by
 Brian> setting up the terminal parameters to local echo?

You can do that, but only at the expense of breaking 99% of all full-screen
programs.

The problem with local echo is that it defeats all attempts by the host
system to control what is *actually* displayed.

 Brian> How do I check how I have my terminals set up now?

Look at the terminal's setup screen. Or, do stty -a at the command line,
and if 'echo' is on (and your input is not duplicated) then you are set
for host echo.

 Brian> If it needs to be changed to local echo, do I use the stty
 Brian> command, and what parameter? Or how is it done?

It *isn't* done.

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