Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 15:06:38 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> To: Kevin Eliuk <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Terminal Types - Why? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970620150223.10883F-100000@aak.anchorage.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970620125256.171M-100000@kevin.sunshine.net>
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On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Kevin Eliuk wrote: > I've R'edTFM, (except the ones I am going to be told I didn't) but I > haven't come up with an answer. Is vt100, etc. a terminal option or > settings for different terminal types? IMHO - a "display protocol" (ie, terminal emulation). i think originally, these were hardware, termcap allows you to emulate, through software protocols, the orignal hardware. try to set TERM-vt100, then open a manual page! shouldn't this work? > My equip. is a VGMonochrome with a oti-037 256k video card. Of course > I am using cons25 and am not using X-Anything. ------------------------------------------------- FingerPrint BA09868C 1B995204 58410FD3 A5E7B2DA http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/way/7747 -------------------------------------------------
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