Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!cbosgd!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: SMG$ and foreign terminals Message-ID: <3891@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 14:30:46 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.3891 Posted: Wed Dec 19 14:30:46 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 04:01:04 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 13 From: Provan@LLL-MFE.ARPA I still can't believe DEC made no effort whatsoever to make SMG$ and the old SCR$ package compatible for foriegn terminals. For those of you who didn't go to DECUS or didn't go the to right sessions, there's NO WAY to have a non-DEC terminal that supports both SMG$ and SCR$ at the same time. Since half the version 4 utilities use SMG$ and half use SCR$, it's going to be tough to use foriegn terminals until all uses of SCR$ are stamped out. I'd guess that will take about 20 years. I wish DEC would stop trying to sell VT100's and VT200's. Even if I could dictate what terminals we buy here, I wouldn't recommend either of those two dogs. It's enough to drive one to UNIX....