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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!david
From: david@mlb.geomechanics.csiro.au (David Le Blanc)
Subject: Re: Text mode windows
Message-ID: <david.714614126@mlb.geomechanics.csiro.au>
Sender: news@mel.dit.csiro.au
Organization: CSIRO DIT (Melb.)
References: <1992Aug23.142019.9537@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
Date: 23 Aug 92 23:55:26 GMT
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raju@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Daryanani) writes:


>Several weeks ago someone posted a question asking about doing text-mode 
>windows to run multiple processes under 386BSD (sorta like the virtual 
>terminals in SCO).  Unfortunately I didn't save the answers and have since 
>discovered my machine is not up to running X until it gets a major upgrade.  
>Could someone please let me know the file and where I can ftp it from?

Would you believe it comes at part of the distributions? (Src, or ETC I am
not sure, since they are no longer on-line) The program you are seeking
is known as 'screen'. Look in /usr/othersrc/public/screen/* or somewhere
near that.

>Thanks,
Cheers.

>Raju
>--
>Raju M. Daryanani
>raju@dcs.qmw.ac.uk
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