edd232s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (d.c. 8747842 adams) (10/04/90)
> Subject: Shamus windows? > Date: 4 Oct 90 04:23:53 GMT > > Hi, > I am looking for a program that runs 2 shells under UNIX curses... > apparently it also allows vt100 emulation within each window, > command history, interactive editing , 10 page scroll back buffer , menus > interactive help and job control. > > Has any body heard of this program or the author?? > Shamus ??? i think his name is. > The program you're thinking of is known as shamus' windows, although he copied it from another programmer, Hans, and subsequently cut many of the features out till it was a pretty bad example of software... All those features you mentioned were in the original version, Hans (tm) windows. The software Shamus was flashing around WITH HIS NAME ON IT (I dont know if Hans knows about this...) had virtually none of them. > > regards RED. > > btw : apparently some of these features are vapourware..the guy tends to brag > a bit. Hmmm... the same guy, Shamus was advertising X windows for the Vic-20. But what can you expect from a guy that pushes a pram around ?? - D Adams