From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 16 14:17:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA24400 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 14:17:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp02.primenet.com (daemon@smtp02.primenet.com [206.165.6.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA24394 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 14:17:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert@usr08.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp02.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA25478; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 14:17:31 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr08.primenet.com(206.165.6.208) via SMTP by smtp02.primenet.com, id smtpd025361; Tue Jun 16 14:17:19 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA23603; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 14:17:16 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199806162117.OAA23603@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: getty issue file To: sbabkin@dcn.att.com Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:17:15 +0000 (GMT) Cc: vovik@ntu-kpi.kiev.ua, tlambert@primenet.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "sbabkin@dcn.att.com" at Jun 16, 98 03:40:35 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > "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