Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cwjcc!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!m2c!applix!jim From: jim@applix.UUCP (Jim Morton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: IBM RT Console: Great Kbd!!! Keywords: AIX, RT, PS/2, KBD, HFT Message-ID: <998@applix.UUCP> Date: 16 Aug 89 16:14:26 GMT References: <14991@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <9018@cbnews.ATT.COM> Organization: APPLiX Inc., Westboro MA Lines: 15 In article <9018@cbnews.ATT.COM>, hpm@cbnews.ATT.COM (hamir.malia) writes: > In article <14991@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> ari@eleazar.dartmouth.edu writes: > ... The High Function Terminal that offers multiple > virtual screens in a screen-ring and the possiblity of running > X-Windows and DOS on each of these, makes the 'uncluttered-desk' The problem with the "open" command for HFT virtual consoles is that you have to explicitly open them before you need them. It would be nice if they changed this so you had a few waiting for you when you need them, like when your program on the original HFT is hung. Like in SCO Xenix -- where if you need another virtual terminal you just hit the next Fnn function key and you get another login session... -- Jim Morton, APPLiX Inc., Westboro, MA ...uunet!applix!jim jim@applix.com