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Article #1628Re: A Question About the Infamous VT100 Line Wrap Bug
From: dave
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1987 12:42
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1987 12:42
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In article <103@Mannix.iros1.UUCP> burj@iros1.UUCP (Justin Bur) writes:
>
>(I was rather surprised to see that the Ultrix termcap file lets
>all the criticism stand. No one at DEC came to the defense of
>their own terminal!)
Oh well, at least Ultrix removed the line saying "Mail changes to
csvax:mark, csvax.mark@Berkeley or ucbvax!mark or lose them!".
You'd be amazed how many UNIX systems still have this anachronism
in them. (Hey Mark, do you still get termcap updates forwarded
from ucbvax to cbosgd?)
David Sherman
The Law Society of Upper Canada
Toronto
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!lsuc!dave From: dave@lsuc.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: A Question About the Infamous VT100 Line Wrap Bug Message-ID: <1570@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 11-Feb-87 07:42:32 EST Article-I.D.: lsuc.1570 Posted: Wed Feb 11 07:42:32 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Feb-87 21:36:41 EST References: <103@Mannix.iros1.UUCP> Sender: root@lsuc.UUCP Reply-To: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman) Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 17 Summary: /etc/termcap anachronisms