This is to announce the beta test cycle for pcvt 3.20.

Pcvt is a video/keyboard driver for i386-based NetBSD (0.9, -current),
for FreeBSD (1.0, 1.1R, 1.1.5.1R) and for 386BSD 0.1 + pk 0.2.4 (obsolete).

Pcvt has almost full VT220 compatibility, supports national keyboard remapping,
24/25/28/40/50 lines and 80/132 columns and a configurable number of virtual
screens for character terminal and X11 sessions. It comes with a complete set
of fonts, utilities and documentation for easy integration into the above
mentioned systems.

What i really like to have before a final release is support for NetBSD 1.0
and FreeBSD 2.0.

New in this release is
        - code to make scrolling REALLY fast by using hardware (CRTC)
        - a keyboard FIFO for no longer disturbing serial ports while
          switching virtual screens
        - many bugfixes and speedups

pcvt 3.20 beta 2 can be found on:

        Host:        gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de
        Address:     137.226.31.2
        Directory:   pub/incoming
        File:        pcvt-320b2.tar.gz
        Size:        275480 bytes

	Note: the file is invisible!

        (Thanks to Thomas Gellekum and Christoph Kukulies !)
	

Please report any bugs, suggestions, fixes and diffs to hm@hcshh.hcs.de.

Thank you,
hellmuth
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Hellmuth Michaelis    HCS Hanseatischer Computerservice GmbH    Hamburg, Europe
 Experience is directly proportional to the amount of equipment ruined (Murphy)