Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:39:48 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCVT's death Message-ID: <19980622113948.26138@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <18709.898473453@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Sun, Jun 21, 1998 at 04:57:33PM -0700 References: <19980622084201.30984@welearn.com.au> <18709.898473453@time.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, Jun 21, 1998 at 04:57:33PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > Just to add to the motivation... I've spoken to a few people lately who
> > have several Linux boxes and started converting them to FreeBSD, then
> > changed their minds. One complaint is that FreeBSD won't talk VT100
> > in a way the Linux boxes can understand, and vice versa. It's not so
>
> I'd have to say that they most likely changed their minds for other
> reasons and you're just hearing one small side of the story.
That's possible, I suppose.
> Anyone insufficiently motived to find out that there's a vt100 capable
> console driver sitting in LINT (which is itself pointed to no less than
> 10 times in the handbook and twice in the FAQ) with the following
> comment at the top:
>
> # Enable this and PCVT_FREEBSD for pcvt vt220 compatible console driver
>
> Is not someone who's going to last much beyond the next minor hurdle,
> whatever that might be. I'm not even sure my little idea is such a
> good way to go, as much as it appeals to my warped sense of humor, so
> for now pcvt is the way to get a vt100 console and it's not exactly
> hidden to anyone willing to read even the most well-publicised FreeBSD
> docs.
Aha, so I did misunderstand the subject line :-)
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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