Subject: Re: Internal video display problems on a IIci
To: None <jbyler@MIT.EDU, port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: M.R. Zucca <mrz5149@cs.rit.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/02/1996 23:05:11
>The basic problem is general display corruption.  If I display a man
>page with more or run a visual editor such as pico or jove or try to
>use lynx, I will have inappropriate portions of the display in reverse
>video or underlined.  The same thing happens if I telnet out to a
>remote system.

This has to do with the fact that the console is very simple and doesn't
buffer any characters. For a better terminal, try dt. It's available at
ftp.macbsd.com and has alot of other features like mouse copy/paste,
multiple terminals, etc.

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 Michael Zucca - mrz5149@rit.cs.rit.edu - http://www.rit.edu/~mrz5149/
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