This happens on most VT100-compatible terminal programs. If an ASCII
"shift out" (or SO) code is sent to the terminal it switches to a
graphical character set. You can switch it back by sending an ASCII
"shift in" or by using Control->Reset Terminal in Tera Term.

To send a SI on UNIX I often do:

echo "<control-V><control-O>"

Cheers,
Zik

On 9/4/07, Gerhard Fiedler <lists@connectionbrazil.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using Tera Term as my usual serial terminal program. Free and generally
> very reliable, and nice to use.
>
> But every now and then, and I can't figure out a pattern at all, the
> display gets completely funky: as far as I can figure out, all lower case
> letters (no upper case letters, no numbers) are replaced with some odd
> dingbat type symbols. If I copy the Tera Term screen content and paste it
> into a text editor, I see the content correctly.
>
> Does anybody else have seen this, and more importantly, knows how to fix
> it?
>
> Thanks,
> Gerhard
>
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