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From: colin@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Colin Manning)
Subject: Re: virtual tty's for 386bsd ?
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References: <1992Aug24.171427.11223@bigcomm.gun.de>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 03:52:04 GMT
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ado@bigcomm.gun.de (Christoph Adomeit) writes:
>Hi Freaks,
>i installed 386bsd and I like it very much. Lots of software compile and run
>without any problems.
>But there is one thing I really miss: Virtual consoles.
>You know what I mean ? Logging in on the console several times, switching
>between the tasks by a hot key (e.g. ALT + Fkeys), Compiling on one Task,
>editing on the second and testing on the third ... .
There is iScreen. I believe it is in the etcdist, but I got it from elsewhere.
I can't remember where. Try an archie search for screen.
>Are virtual consoles available for 386bsd ?
--
Colin [colin@cs.curtin.edu.au]
"Knowledge is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where to find them."
-anon.