In message <9607302351.AA17557@vlsi.cs.caltech.edu>mika@cs.caltech.edu writes
>Hellmuth Michaelis writes:
>>Don't misunderstand me. I just want a clean solution. If there is a limit
>>of 1024 bytes per entry specified somewhere (implicit or explicit), pcvt's
>>termcap entry should be stripped down to 1024 bytes.
>>
>[..]
>This limit appears to be documented in the termcap manual pages from both
>SunOS and the 4.4BSD crowd.. I'd guess it's documented like that all the 
>way back to 4.0BSD..?

I just checked an Ultrix manpage, and the text is identical.
The only difference is the standard Ultrix substitution of "Restrictions"
for "Bugs".

That's solid proof the 1024-byte limit dates back to at least 4.2bsd,
since that's what  Ultrix was based on.

IIRC, 4.2bsd was released in 1984.  Mmm, a  12-year-old  vintage...