lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (02/05/84)
Actually, I sent out an update regarding the "special" nature of uucp under the IX license some days ago ... but given the recent problems at decvax it may never have gotten out (the decvax problems turned out to be related to a 4.2 bug...) Well, in any case, the IBM people touting PC/IX sure seem to be confused on a number of points -- it has been very difficult to get straight answers out of them for even slightly technical questions. --- On another subject, I am AMAZED at IBM's nerve in trying to charge $50+ a phone call for people having problems with their software (as was recently reported by other people in this newsgroup). That subscription business sure looks like one big ripoff as far as most people are concerned. --- Several people have asked me what terminal Coherent emulates on the IBM PC console. The answer is a straight H19/Z19. The very imminent new Coherent release will include a new version of H19/Z19 emulation that includes virtually every H19/Z19 feature that makes sense on the PC console, including 25th line handling, wrap modes, etc. Just about the only thing left out is H19 graphics, which you can't do properly on the Monochrome board that most people are using. If *reasonable* graphics boards get into regular use, then H19 graphics will be considered again. I regularly use my system with various ARPANET hosts that have "wired-in" support (i.e. no termcap) for the H19, and everything works fine. You can also use your normal termcap entry for the H19 if you wish, though I also have a special "cohibm" entry that adds a couple of features that the H19/Z19 doesn't have, like underlining and meta-key support. (The new Coherent keyboard driver defines ALT as a standard META key for use with the display editor (a fast EMACS-type editor.) --Lauren--