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Date: Fri,  8 Dec 2006 08:46:21 -0700
From: "ron minnich" <rminnich@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Newbie question
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On 12/8/06, Brantley Coile <brantley@coraid.com> wrote:
> >> > If I remember correctly, the vt220 terminals had a mode for switching
> >> > sessions, similar to the virtual consoles in Linux.  With some
> >> > programming effort it may be possible to open one single maximized
> >> > window at startup in rio, with a vt220 emulation and a similar
> >> > functionality.
> >
> > surely it should emulate a 3270?
>
> Only if it could make that funny clicking noise when
> you're not allowed to push the send key. :)

If you really just want terminals, just fire up Acme and run a win in
each Acme window. No mouse needed for the most part, and you could
probably add keyboard nav if you want. I use acme this way on console
all the time -- it's nice.

ron