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From: holmes@dalcs.UUCP (Ray Holmes)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: The future of simple BBS boards...
Message-ID: <2727@dalcs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Nov-87 14:03:10 EST
Article-I.D.: dalcs.2727
Posted: Thu Nov 26 14:03:10 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 16:38:20 EST
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Reply-To: holmes@dalcs.UUCP (Ray Holmes)
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Keywords: BBS network future software complex

In article <5808@ncoast.UUCP> robertd@ncoast.UUCP (Rob DeMarco) writes:
>    How about the TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer? It has an 8x40 screen
>display and uses a wierd set of escape codes for the vt52.
>
>    I never believe in assuming anything. I have many programs available to me
>that I just can't use because it assumes I have a 25x80 screen.
>
>    I screen editor must take these in account. Not just what escape codes to
>use.
I have however, seen Emacs running quite happily (multi window mode even) on
the TRS-80 Model 100.  It's not impossible to accomodate a fairly large set
of configurations.
			Ray
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