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Re: wyse 60 termcap/terminfo

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From: Mike McNally
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1987 14:51
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In article <81300002@uiucdcsp> ericson@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>If you will look at the Wyse-60 TERMINFO entries, there are
>only a few enhancements that were added to the basic wyse-50
>emulation:
>
> 1) The wyse 60 takes no space for attributes (50 takes one)
> 2) The wyse 60 has alternate character sets (50 has none)
> 3) The wyse 60 has 24,25,42 and 43 line mode (50 has only 24)
>
>Change those entries and the terminfo should work FINE!
>I would have changed it myself, but my brother lost my wyse-50
>manual!
>
>Enjoy!
>
>Stuart Ericson
>{ihnp4,convex,pur-ee}uiucdcs!ericson

Not entirely true.  The 60 is slower than the 50, and without a bunch
of padding information it will lose characters at high speeds (certainly
at 19200, maybe at 9600 as well).

The 60 also has alternate screens, 132 columns, and lots of strange
block-mode crud.  I've thought of maybe using the alternate screen
feature along with a hacked-up version of the "uw" (Unix Windows) 
software for the Macintosh, but I've been too lazy.

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Subject: Re: wyse 60 termcap/terminfo
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Date: Tue, 20-Jan-87 09:51:02 EST
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