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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: VT-100 emulation
Date: 9 Aug 1995 10:12:58 +0200
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>I am having some problems with the vt-100 emulation on machines running:
>
>FreeBSD 2.0.950412-SNAP (A31) #0

The default console driver (syscons) is emulating an SCO console, not
a VT-style terminal.  Use the pcvt driver (have a look into LINT) for
an (almost) VT220 emulation.
-- 
cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
                                   http://www.sax.de/~joerg/

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)