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Article #2172Re: Sysline for VT100?
From: Every system needs one
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1988 05:30
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1988 05:30
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In article <22407@tis.llnl.gov>, mcb@tis.llnl.gov (Michael C. Berch) writes: | Pardon me if this is a completely Joe question, but I've been asked to | check out whether a VT100 (real or emulator) can be made to work with | sysline(1), via a special termcap, some sort of initialization | string, etc.? | | My understanding was that VT100s (we don't have any real ones here, | only various emulations on PCs, Macs, and non-DEC terminals) don't | have an addressable, writable status line, but I'm willing to be | corrected. It can be faked with a special init and a scroll region, but it leaves you with a 23 line terminal. terry@wsccs
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!wasatch!utah-gr!uplherc!sp7040!obie!wsccs!terry From: terry@wsccs.UUCP (Every system needs one) Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: Sysline for VT100? Message-ID: <684@wsccs.UUCP> Date: 28 Sep 88 05:30:11 GMT References: <22407@tis.llnl.gov> Lines: 15