Re: RE: Lost telnet sessions

[Lesha Fossey <L.Fossey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We were definitely told during our training (in 1998) that hitting the escape 
key from the main menu screen would lose our connection. It was a training point 
I emphasised with my staff, to read the screen and decide what key to hit ratehr 
than panic and repeatedly hit Esc! It still definitely does lose our telnet 
connection (just done it!)

Lesha

On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:39:09 -0400 Tom Klingler <tk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Wow.....I don't recall ever hearing this caution.  I've worked on 4 
> INNOPACS over the past 12 years and have used the "Esc" key a million times 
> to back out of the last thing I just entered or the last selection I just 
> made,....and I can't recall ever getting dumped out of my telnet session.
> 
> Nancy, are your network folks playing ATM games?   Bad ATM (we have the 
> Nortel flavor) is very effective at causing dropped telnet sessions to the 
> INNOPAC.
> 
> Tom Klingler
> Kent State
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 08:38 AM 4/18/2002, you wrote:
> >I am pretty sure it has always worked this way -- in fact, our III trainer
> >back in '98 told us SO many times not to use the escape key that it sorta
> >became a joke among us at MSU.  But this is exactly why she told us not to
> >use the escape key, but instead  to use Q, which won't back you past the
> >main menu ...
> >
> >     -- Kriss
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> >Kriss Ostrom, Department Head, Circulation & Information Services
> >Main Library, Michigan State University, 100 Library
> >East Lansing, MI 48824-1048
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> > > ----------
> > > From:         Nancy Helmick[SMTP:helmick.1@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Reply To:     innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent:         Thursday, April 18, 2002 8:18 AM
> > > To:   innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject:      Lost telnet sessions
> > >
> > >
> > > For the past few days our staff have been reporting that they are losing
> > > telnet sessions to INNOPAC abruptly, and I think that results from
> > > repeated
> > > pressing the escape key during times of network slowness.   I really think
> > >
> > > that we used to have to consciously chose the menu option to
> > > disconnect,  but I've discovered much to my surprise that we can end a
> > > telnet session simply by pressing <escape>.
> > >
> > > Do I misperceive that this is changed behavior -- that the only way to
> > > close out the session used to be to select the disconnect option?  Or does
> > >
> > > this work this way elsewhere, too?
> > >
> > > --Nancy
> > >
> > > Nancy L Helmick
> > > INNOPAC System Manager
> > > The Ohio State University Libraries
> > > 1858 Neil Avenue
> > > Columbus OH 43210
> > >
> > > email:        helmick.1@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > phone:        614-688-3512
> > > fax:  614-292-7892
> > >
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> Tom Klingler
> Assistant Dean for Systems
> Libraries & Media Services
> Library Room 383
> Kent State University
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