> 	I've seen what I believe are called "virtual consoles" on FreeBSD and
> Linux for the PC. Its when you press alt and an Fkey to get a new login prompt
> and I was wondering how to get it to work for NetBSD-1.0. Is it something to
> do with /etc/ttys? If someone has them working could they share the info?
> It'd be very handy - thanx.


There isn't support for virtual consoles, but there is something better -
a program called Screen.  Screen gives you as many different screens (or
virtual consoles, if you will) as you want, a scrollback buffer, and cut &
paste capabilities, among other features. 

There is a binary (version 3.06.00) on regensburg, or you can compile the
latest version (3.06.02) for youself.  The source is at   
ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu



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Jeff Thieleke
thieleke@icaen.uiowa.edu
http://www.icaen.uiowa.edu/~thieleke