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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 14818 invoked from network); 13 Mar 2023 15:33:34 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 13 Mar 2023 15:33:34 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAAB941376; Tue, 14 Mar 2023 01:33:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: from wout4-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout4-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.20]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2147D40A1C for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2023 01:33:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FB8C3200B2A; Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:33:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:33:24 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ronnatalie.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:date :date:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:reply-to:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to; s= fm1; t=1678721603; x=1678808003; bh=Vi1R+KKb4rn7DEqcqshoSHS+wd9M YVMWN6L2xmtTLRo=; b=dxL/DxkwEIPqwDwv0Q0Ri8HcO5+XquLSZGrzSY/9vXQT KJvc7i5QbqlZnbKdPpYTD+VT0b/VPGKPFJIBVgBdVpgz78ivV6tDw+c8JnkN7ND0 7marikdfohMVtadjVENld/5xNyc8SkxXdntU1x5IodfwUUvWqnb+gP48X4YLuBDi gXahpIG2EDTy98Hzs249SDbPu8HkZB5M+dOaGJYWTRohlQNHkK7gZ8EQGG8tRDLE fnh5B6gmCdOFv3+hP2h3P1GTn8gnPGctVh6Y+IJ25R1Ts0lIWzPsCC7THtLH6/NO 0rNPSOZ8lZ3eCGwLQ6/Cycvdi7mp5LhMyqoDBcrE0A== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :content-type:date:date:feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from :in-reply-to:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :reply-to:reply-to:sender:subject:subject:to:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm2; t= 1678721603; x=1678808003; bh=Vi1R+KKb4rn7DEqcqshoSHS+wd9MYVMWN6L 2xmtTLRo=; b=PmlDjutXF0xCWlpP9Plh6rk1qynIPCvOzaKMuEkfRXLNh8tR8Q3 ruQPWsbyekBrbcweS0Q4nQt9n5MiP4+X5f2dN+CxjVQTHbZlIF2/hzWcPEq5az/S VrRiRBbcEzr/ICdeTpOGif+XuJvboUNxc4sqXq1Jz3+DJgtkEwNuMom6jbHbRmoA TRNQ6tkiYQ0uXF1qH8metoY1NEE2QICa5/J5w9vvc6tHQJoM1zZtMQR+XB7P5sgl nbPd3FnjKoeSlSz7DauLF7ajfHN4feOMBHztTUR7c8DLcdtk01+DK/jcO5qzQ2L8 ylhfKw/sNBP70eSpkWH6G4qPw25cq7eoptg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvhedrvddvgedgjeeiucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpefhvffufffkjghfrhgfgggtgfesth hqredttderjeenucfhrhhomhepfdftohhnucfprghtrghlihgvfdcuoehrohhnsehrohhn nhgrthgrlhhivgdrtghomheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepffduteevteffueethfelle dvtdefhfekhfdvgfehudejveeijeekvddvtdejveegnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgep tdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomheprhhonhesrhhonhhnrghtrghlihgvrdgtoh hm X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: iaba146ad:Fastmail Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:33:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "Ron Natalie" To: "Paul Ruizendaal" , "tuhs@tuhs.org" Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:33:22 +0000 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <78FE1F5F-7408-4BB0-8D2E-62AA00465774@planet.nl> References: <78FE1F5F-7408-4BB0-8D2E-62AA00465774@planet.nl> User-Agent: eM_Client/9.2.1608.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID-Hash: TL742JLX5KCLYF2RSZHVHTKJBFMJ6SQE X-Message-ID-Hash: TL742JLX5KCLYF2RSZHVHTKJBFMJ6SQE X-MailFrom: ron@ronnatalie.com 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 Reply-To: Ron Natalie 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: The AIX for the PS/2 had a thing called the HFT which allowed you to=20 switch the VGA head between different virtual screens long before LINUX=20 came along. I was using Xenix back on the 286, both on PCs and on an Intel 310=20 Multibus I system. The IBM Xenix I had on my 286 system (A real honest=20 to god IBM PC AT) had the feature Mutliscreen (TM) which supproted nine terminals. This=20 was in 1984. Amusingly we moved on to the 386 on a Multibus II system. We had=20 started with an Intel-done port of Interactive Systems=E2=80=99s (Hi, Heinz= !)=20 product but it turns out Intel couldn=E2=80=99t provide (they claim they lo= st=20 it) the source of the Multibus II interfaces to allow us to upgrade to a=20 newer release so given the generic 386 IS/1 sources, I sat down and=20 rebuilt all the MB-II specific stuff. I really did like that bus, too=20 bad it didn=E2=80=99t catch on. -Ron