No doubt some drugs were involved. In defense of the BSD guys, it was very hard to get correct information on various terminals at the time termcap was created. Most of the termcap entries were done by reverse engineering the terminal.
The DEC terminals were very hard to get right because different vt100s behaved different, even if they were the same model (and there are several different models of vt100). It seems the micro-code changed over time. One place I worked we were able to find a version number of the micro-code somehow. The termcap entry on the system we were using worked on one vt100 and not another. We decided there was a change in the micro-code, however we were not able to figure out what exactly was preventing termcap from working on it. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 6:06 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Using VI via Telnet to Linux on z ??? > Just how peculiar can the termcap entries on Linux be? Very. See the one for the vt420 or any of the Televideo terminals. I can partially excuse the TVI termcaps -- they were jerks about allowing distribution of a proper termcap entry at several points during their existence -- but there's zero excuse for the DEC entries to be semi-functional. The IBM 3151 entries are pretty spotty as well. The ADDS entries are left over from BSD. I blame easy access to drugs, personally. 8-) -- db ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email from the State of California is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review or use, including disclosure or distribution, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
