Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 12:45:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: PCVT's death Message-ID: <199806201645.MAA15443@shell.monmouth.com>
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> In reply to <sos@FreeBSD.ORG>: > > pcvt is dying, syscons is THE console driver in freebsd. > If we need more functionality we will have to extend the API with > those new items (allready happend once with the nw "wheel" mouse) > that is inherent through all of the systems drivers, nothing special > here. I should hope that pcvt wouldn't die. There are a number of us who interact with machines that don't know about SCO Ansi or cons25 (including my DEC boxes) and we need something which can do real vt100 compatibility. I really don't want to have to run screen for this on console screens. PCVT will die here when it's ripped from my cvs repository over my dead body. 8-) Actually, I'd love to see a full vt100/220 emulation option put in to syscons to get a unified console driver -- but I'd be pretty surprised to see anyone do it because it's not something everyone wants or needs. Bill +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bill/Carolyn Pechter | 17 Meredith Drive | Tinton Falls, New Jersey 07724 | | 908-389-3592 | Save computing history, give an old geek old hardware. | | pechter@shell.monmouth.com | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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