sqrkl@csvax.liv.ac.uk (06/27/88)
In article <8806212005.AA08722@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, F026@CPC865.UEA.AC.UK writes: (A bit about how to clear the screen on a VT100) > $ esc[0,8] == 27 > $ cls == "write sys$output """+esc+"[2J""" Ahem ! This will NOT home the cursor - you need ESC [ H as well... (A bit more about reading the bit pattern on a screen to find the char code) > Just to reduce the damper put on that idea, that's exactly what Acorn's > BBC Micro did: As does the (totally amazing) Archimedes. > The BBC Micro was a 6502 8-bit machine running at standard speed (1MHz?): 2 MHz thank you very much. It also has the world's fastest 8-bit interpreted BASIC. > I'm sure a 68000 can do as well! Not if it's in an Atari ST it won't... Richard K. Lloyd, ****** This is a VAX 11/780 running VAX/VMS V4.5 ****** Computer Science Dept., * JANET : SQRKL@UK.AC.LIV.CSVAX * Liverpool University, * UUCP : {backbone}!mcvax!ukc!mupsy!liv-cs!SQRKL * Merseyside, England, * Internet : SQRKL%csvax.liv.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu * Great Britain. ******************************************************* "My opinions and those of the University of Liverpool are completely unrelated, so I'M THE CULPRIT if you feel offended by the above message - I just can't help moaning about Atari STs, PCs or clones, U**X, C, IBM mainframes, the list is endless..."