On Mon, 22 May 1995, Peter Seebach wrote:

> I
>   have
>        a
>          problem.
> When I telnet to my netbsd box, from a sun, I get the above output from
> things.  This has only happened to me since I switched from 'rc' to
> 'pdksh'.  It always happened when su'd, so I assume some shells are more
> likely to have this problem than others.
> 
Try rlogin instead of telnet. The stairs go away!