OT: old stuff ( was Re: FW: PLUG: OT: ...)

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Bill Campbell (Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:00:41 -0800):

> On Mon, Dec 19, 2005, Kenneth Brody wrote:
[...]
> >Then there was the printer (I forget the make/model) which would freeze
> >up a terminal when hung off the terminal's local printer port, because
> >it used Ctrl-S for the "underline on" code.
>
> This was always one of the major issues when trying to do pass
> through printing to terminals.  The printer manufacturers by and
[...]
> Then there was the WordStar diamond, that used the xon/xoff keys
> for cursor control or some such.

The Wyse-50's arrow keys weren't much better.  The left-arrow was a
Ctrl-H (same as backspace), and the down-arrow was Ctrl-J (same as
Enter in "normal" stty modes on Unix).  filePro specifically turns
off "icrnl" mode so that it can distinguish Enter and Ctrl-J.

[...]

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