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- From: pjh@mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg)
- Subject: Re: Virtual Terminal SV/386 R3.2.2
- Organization: The College On The Other Side Of Route One
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:17:29 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.181729.15274@mccc.edu>
- References: <1992Jul27.141439.13309@mccc.edu> <1992Jul27.174141.14217@mccc.edu> <tr.712285700@samadams>
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- In article <tr.712285700@samadams> tr@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Reingold) writes:
- =And since TCP/IP adds these BSD features to SysVR3, you are ready to
- =compile screen once you buy a TCP/IP add-on package.
-
- Do you have any suggestions as to the least expensive TCP/IP package I
- can buy that will add the needed features?
-
- =I cannot imagine using a character-based display without using
- =screen. This is doubly essential when you don't have BSD job control.
- =I often start something and subsequently decide that I want it in the
- =background. With screen, I can leave a process intact just by invoking
- =a new window.
-
- And you do that with "hot keys"??
-
- =I realize this sounds like proselytizing, but GET SCREEN!
-
- I don't mind a little enthusiasm; I will if we can dig up some gelt for
- TCP/IP!
-
- Pete
-