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Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 15:52:39 -0500 (EST)
From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
To: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
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        Craig Huckabee <huck@slartibartfast.nosc.mil>,
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Subject: Re: pty limit of 64 
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On Fri, 29 Dec 1995, David Greenman wrote:

>    As for ptys, 32 units are fully supported for each of ttyp, q, r, and s,
>and if you're not using xterms, another 32 ptys each are supported for P, Q, R,
> and S...for a total of 256 ptys.
> 
	Okay, simple question...is there a way of telling xterms to use
particular ptys, namely those in the ttyP+ range?  Freeing up the 128 from
p-s?  Since, from your statement above, I assume that P-S are not available
for such things as telnet/rlogin/etc?

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