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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 13229 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2023 16:42:27 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 14 Mar 2023 16:42:27 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C69D8412F1; Wed, 15 Mar 2023 02:42:20 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1678812141; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references:list-id:list-help:list-owner:list-unsubscribe: list-subscribe:list-post; bh=VjvipdeI3fVYl6S0Gq2DHzSXU/XaVt48tYpJcZcHdBo=; b=EuJDx5wY6G29Qsq3KDHTvm43CAZOSnhODRaIGF61qwCO5Bj2ZMxSyNgrOdtk/0iQ7CShzx IYtyRUQxWSIFWuEylpQ5NGQiAuYDU76O4WV6acQGLkFNowTPvCskukWfx9juOjpg4OCuip XWwIGEVZIFCAeRcDh/02YWdSptsF3Rw= Received: from vesa03.kjsl.com (vesa03.kjsl.com [IPv6:2001:4830:c170::91]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67910412E6 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2023 02:42:13 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=employees.org; i=@employees.org; q=dns/txt; s=vesa202009; t=1678812133; x=1710348133; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version: in-reply-to; bh=K/A9J/lmG2DKTkDoU+bbTqAahi4Wl69LuilWKDBzE2k=; b=d2W5g0zfh8y/3A4YXF6ogwlNMP9lNHdvClDBz5ghHPFYtqmCaxIzCyXv hR4nWbbhM2bElUwYrUhYBIeYP0LinNY1uzjyLVifrP0RExiIcxmmG/J9X 1aZXzKNQ6SVYWbwVsNDJGK+aH961InyDREKxUmE7YpdllA8PoFx74gTOx liVbw8wYopuPPpE5CCGYFocGR6+/5e3Q5jAei+nZCa7bIKtgNQmxlwT2l TyrX2ETYa93XlhQS2IE1SX1ua91YT96aNC1l1pxi/28kOegGp9AWYllgz ZJDT6dAWPJY9bb0WxIEhvfGDuIOJkyI4bCQHS2j7W3Qmd5R8N1zkiAWgC A==; Received: from clarinet.employees.org ([IPv6:2607:7c80:54:3::74]) by vesa03.kjsl.com with ESMTP; 14 Mar 2023 16:42:09 +0000 Received: by clarinet.employees.org (Postfix, from userid 1736) id 55BD44E11C4E; Tue, 14 Mar 2023 16:42:09 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:42:09 +0100 To: "tuhs@tuhs.org" Message-ID: References: <78FE1F5F-7408-4BB0-8D2E-62AA00465774@planet.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Message-ID-Hash: 5IMOTKRXSYN6VUXUJ3FT74YBOBPH5ASY X-Message-ID-Hash: 5IMOTKRXSYN6VUXUJ3FT74YBOBPH5ASY X-MailFrom: dfawcus@employees.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 X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: virtual consoles / Alt-Fx List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: From: Derek Fawcus via TUHS Reply-To: Derek Fawcus On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 11:24:24AM -0400, Clem Cole wrote: > The virtual consoles using the function keys predate Linux and 386BSD by a > number of years. I used them only early x86 Unix ports to the IBM PC such > as Xenix. I'm pretty sure that the 386 version of ISC UNIX I used on a PC in the '88/89 timeframe had them. I vaguely recall it having a more awkward key sequence than Linux for switching between consoles. Here we go: https://virtuallyfun.com/2010/02/09/fun-with-interactive-unix/ "On a text console side, the OS has virtual consoles switchable via SYSRQ + F key. Console is on F8." DF