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From: moroney@jon.DEC (Mike Moroney 223-9038)
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Subject: The best clear for VAX/VMS
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 21:49:22 EDT
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The best clear for VAX/VMS is the following since it is VERY fast (no image 
activation), assuming you have a VT100 or better.

$ CLEAR	:==	"WRITE SYS$OUTPUT ""[24;1H[2J"""

Replace 's with the real thing.  A similar CLEAR can be done for VT52's
as well.

"There's a madness to my method."			Mike Moroney
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