Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!dalcs!holmes 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 References: <4942@ncoast.UUCP> <246@usl-pc.UUCP> <339@ddsw1.UUCP> <373@usl-pc.UUCP> <5808@ncoast.UUCP> Reply-To: holmes@dalcs.UUCP (Ray Holmes) Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada Lines: 25 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 [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] dis