Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 19:27:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> To: FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD-hackers), wilko@yedi.iaf.nl Subject: vt100/syscons/pcvt Message-ID: <199605292327.TAA13134@shell.monmouth.com>
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> As Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> wrote > Subject: Re: Indentation styles > > As Michael Smith wrote... > > > Nobody barfed on the 100-column stuff in userconfig, so I was presuming this > > wasn't an issue. If anyone wants to see what 80-column braindamage looks > > like, they should scope out pcvt. (or was it syscons? I can't remember...) > > > > > I also realize that this is going to be a highly unpopular position to > > > take in these comparatively early days of GUI technology, so be it - > > > just consider me 3-4 years ahead of my time on this issue. :-) > > > > Ehh, even the VT100 can handle 132 columns 8) > > Wrong. Only a VT100 with an AVO installed. (For the curious: the Advanced > Video Option board). > Bzzt. Wrong. The vt100 without AVO would do 14 lines of 132 columns. Check the vt100 handbook and old termcap (Uniplus SYS III I think sources...) Bill ex-DEC Field Circus Vax and VT100 board shuffler...
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