From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 29043 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2023 17:14:01 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 18 Dec 2023 17:14:01 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5DDE43D53; Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:48:12 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1702824493; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-owner:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=UifyOlZTZZ/gVrlayPPv9fILB8nEEmPdpnzvVUZOxEc=; b=NCTKw4xg9MUB02QhxXKsv0OnAVCR/9hcd0Q3N2OAtSLUkDL4qdV5URaEEqtPrjarx7AIiP ma+kqVvYp7KTP/9Wxmm9j79etEfircEQ7liPFSlJtOg9am0jdbOpsVrwxENMdLTe9TLQtQ d3etTImsAAn4Uu6BemE4y08VuXsTNNs= Received: from bagheera.alchemistowl.org (bagheera.alchemistowl.org [IPv6:2001:1620:ad1::21]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4EDDA43D52 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:48:06 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=alchemistowl.org; h=x-mailer:in-reply-to:references:message-id:date:date:subject :subject:mime-version:from:from:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:content-type; s=a-b; t=1702824466; bh=85Gm8YlASbia ABHC5ACuvzDEqrdjsvcuM7dGwYA6ORo=; b=e0ITwKE6qW0wQvCIjLPloHFuhk92 le/XOumAzpb9MMCDJ/N/IbByV2GSow6Jyu4/bNpy6ShLyFXdNd2JJZAr/ppATgCL dGTuhHAQo4rJkZTdY1PWrngo3Yz4W4ol46cQ2zlXrnkwG/d97DTMLF+AoF+hnzoC rnA+WU+UdFhVi4U= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at bagheera.alchemistowl.org Received: from smtpclient.apple ([IPv6:2a02:1210:5e18:1600:acfc:c311:6157:578a]) (authenticated bits=0) by bagheera.alchemistowl.org (8.17.2/8.17.1.26) with ESMTPSA id 3BHElkik074775 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO); Sun, 17 Dec 2023 14:47:46 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2023 15:47:34 +0100 Message-Id: <0D871039-FAB8-4E74-B831-32EE4FBDE795@alchemistowl.org> References: In-Reply-To: To: Brad Spencer X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (21C62) Message-ID-Hash: 7YQY224DDNWFFTA626UGBEYDGHPLIATE X-Message-ID-Hash: 7YQY224DDNWFFTA626UGBEYDGHPLIATE X-MailFrom: arrigo@alchemistowl.org X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Compatibility question List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: From: Arrigo Triulzi via TUHS Reply-To: Arrigo Triulzi X-Spam: Yes On 17 Dec 2023, at 15:08, Brad Spencer wrote: > ansi mode that is very close to vt100, but not quite. Along comes > various Unix systems, in particular, a RS6000. Wanting to play Moria > (successor to rogue), I found that the ansi mode didn't quite cut it and > ended up hacking up a TERMCAP / TERMINFO entry to deal with the issue as > best as it was possible.=20 The number of times I have heard =E2=80=9CI couldn=E2=80=99t run {nethack, r= ogue, Moria} so I tweaked the termcap / terminfo for the terminal=E2=80=9D=E2= =80=A6 I had a similar issue with a WY-180 fixed by the local termcap wizard= (not me, I abandoned all hope quite rapidly). Definitely agree that trying =E2=80=9Cclose=E2=80=9D terminals is a viable r= oute. Arrigo=20=