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Article #70Re: notes at 1200 baud is slow! - (nf)
From: utzoodecvaxharpodukedennis
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1982 15:45
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1982 15:45
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The way that PLATO does 'go to next display' stuff is that a screen clear not only clears the screen, it also flushes any waiting output. This is largely responsible for the usability of the PLATO menu-driven system. A flush-output system call is easily done; I've installed it on several systems. I would think that such a capability could easily be built into termcap and/or terminfo (if we ever get that!) to provide fast stepping through ANY menu-driven system.
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From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!duke!dennis Newsgroups: net.notes Title: Re: notes at 1200 baud is slow! - (nf) Article-I.D.: duke.2447 Posted: Thu Aug 19 15:45:34 1982 Received: Fri Aug 20 03:30:31 1982 References: harpo.979 Subject: Re: notes at 1200 baud is slow! - (nf) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1982 15:45:34 +0000 Message-ID: <bnews.duke.2447>