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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.

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