Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:17:15 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: sbabkin@dcn.att.com Cc: vovik@ntu-kpi.kiev.ua, tlambert@primenet.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getty issue file Message-ID: <199806162117.OAA23603@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EEFF8B2A@dcn71.dcn.att.com> from "sbabkin@dcn.att.com" at Jun 16, 98 03:40:35 pm
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> > "The file /etc/motd is normally displayed by login(1) after a user has > > logged in but before the shell is run." > > Does it change the image of already printed letters after you load new > fonts ? Yes, if the data was printed in the G0/G1 set, and you replace the set it was printed in. We used this fact to get "wipe" effects on VT220's. 8-). I think one of my friends still has his "chess set" sixel character set; I'm not sure if the other one still has his "slot machine" character set. I still have my "Commodore PET" character set. And my tokenised Commodore BASIC interpreter written in VAX FORTRAN. You had to send the "ESC # 6" to get the VT220 into "40 column mode". It's on one of my TK50's. 8-). > > For example DEC VT420 supports soft scrool, screen-refresh rate at > > 70Hz, line speed up to 38.4K, etc ... 38.4K -- with flow control, I assume. The VT3xx and higher terminals were all slow as molasses compared to earlier terminals because of their soft "personality" cartidges. Big mistake on DEC's part -- it made Wyse terminals worth getting. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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