Johnny Billquist <bqt at update.uu.se> writes:

> Yes, I did 448. Various bits and pieces that were fixed there, but
> unfortunately I haven't managed to reach Steve to get it officially
> sanctioned.

I've tried to reach him from time to time, as well.  Hope he's OK.

> . Made console 8-bit clean

I did that somewhat differently, when I started running 2.11BSD with a
console terminal that got multiplexed between different systems.  Here's
my version, which allows you to change parity on the console:

*** usr/src/sys/pdp/cons.c.ORIG	Sun May 11 11:21:01 1997
--- usr/src/sys/pdp/cons.c	Tue Dec  2 17:59:27 2014
***************
*** 62,68 ****
  	if ((tp->t_state&TS_ISOPEN) == 0) {
  		ttychars(tp);
  		tp->t_state = TS_ISOPEN|TS_CARR_ON;
! 		tp->t_flags = EVENP|ECHO|XTABS|CRMOD;
  	}
  	if (tp->t_state&TS_XCLUDE && u.u_uid != 0)
  		return (EBUSY);
--- 62,68 ----
  	if ((tp->t_state&TS_ISOPEN) == 0) {
  		ttychars(tp);
  		tp->t_state = TS_ISOPEN|TS_CARR_ON;
! 		tp->t_flags = ANYP|ECHO|XTABS|CRMOD;
  	}
  	if (tp->t_state&TS_XCLUDE && u.u_uid != 0)
  		return (EBUSY);
***************
*** 163,170 ****
  	c = getc(&tp->t_outq);
  	if (tp->t_flags & (RAW|LITOUT))
  		addr->dlxbuf = c&0xff;
! 	else
  		addr->dlxbuf = c | (partab[c] & 0200);
  	tp->t_state |= TS_BUSY;
  out:
  	splx(s);
--- 163,174 ----
  	c = getc(&tp->t_outq);
  	if (tp->t_flags & (RAW|LITOUT))
  		addr->dlxbuf = c&0xff;
! 	else if ((tp->t_flags & (EVENP | ODDP)) == EVENP)
  		addr->dlxbuf = c | (partab[c] & 0200);
+ 	else if ((tp->t_flags & (EVENP | ODDP)) == ODDP)
+ 		addr->dlxbuf = c | ((partab[c] & 0200) ^ 0200);
+ 	else
+ 		addr->dlxbuf = c;
  	tp->t_state |= TS_BUSY;
  out:
  	splx(s);


-tih
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