12 Jun
2006
12 Jun
'06
11:11 a.m.
On 6/11/06, Frank Wortner <frank(a)wortner.com> wrote:
Ian King wrote:
If you had ever attached a DEC VT05 (glass teletype) to your Sixth
Edition or Seventh Edition Unix system you would understand why the
Usenix monthly magazine is named ";login:". The user prompt contains
escape sequences to control a model 37 Teletype, but the VT05 doesn't
respond to them, and in fact ignores the <esc> character and just
displays the semicolon and colon part of the escape sequences.
carl
--
carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego
clowenst(a)ucsd.edu
I remember reworking the serial card on a PDP-8/e
to talk to a 2400
baud "glass teletype," f
Thanks for all the nostalgic comments. Now I
feel (a few months)
younger. :-)