kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) (07/18/89)
I have an AT&T 630 terminal on evaluation from AT&T. I am running layers on a 3b2/700, so I can use the windowing of this terminal. What I wanted to do was to set up the terminal on /dev/console so that I can have the console at my desk, without having console messages popping-up in the middle of my editing sessons. To do this, I'd like to have one window as /dev/console. However, whenever I start layers, if anyone issues echo "foo" > /dev/console The message does not appear in any of my windows. One way I see to do this is to use the second-host option to have 2 physical lines to my 3b2, one of which would be the physical console. I don't want to do this, because I had hoped to make this one physical terminal serve as the console for another unix box as well (and console's really don't work well as "cu" connections.) If there is someone who is familiar with the 630 who could help me with this, or tell me why it can't be done, I'd appreciate it. As an aside, the keyboard on this thing feels like oatmeal with BB's. THe keys mush down and then, near the bottom of the keystroke have a MAJOR "tactile feedback." Do I just have a demo model with an abused keyboard, or are they all like this? -- Kevin Kleinfelter @ Management Science America, Inc (404) 239-2347 gatech!nanovx!msa3b!kevin