Since posting the summary, two more replies arrived in my cybermailbox,
one a "me too" and this from Mike Iglesias <iglesias_at_draco.acs.uci.edu>:
> I have used the vt100 terminal type from a variety of terminals/PC emulators
> and they have all worked fine with v3.2.  I suspect yours got corrupted
> somehow.
> 
> I'd suggest you become root and do the following:
> 
>   # cd /usr/lib/terminfo
>   # tic dec.ti
> 
> and see if that fixes the problem.
I tried Mike's suggestion and the "corrupted" termcap file problem has 
ceased!  Thanks for the follow-up, Mike!
Regards,
Cary
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Cary A. Talbot, Hydraulic Engineer         US Army Corps of Engineers
ATTN: CEWES-HH-G                         Waterways Experiment Station
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Received on Mon Jul 31 1995 - 15:23:58 NZST