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Re: Where should I go to find a terminfo/termcap description?

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From: Ray Shwake
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 1990 14:14
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In article <697@hades.OZ> greyham@hades.OZ (Greyham Stoney) writes:
>Is there some central registry of terminfo/termcap descriptions anywhere?.
>I'm really after a Terminfo for an ICL6402; but I don't know where to start
>looking.

Assuming that ICL itself can't provide the info (which one might assume
it can), find out if the ICL6402 represents a simple renaming of some
other terminal. I know that ICL recently purchased Computer Consoles (CCI);
perhaps the terminal once had another moniker.
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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Where should I go to find a terminfo/termcap description?
Summary: Does ICL6402 go under another name?
Message-ID: <40@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jun 90 14:14:02 GMT
References: <697@hades.OZ>
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