jmb@patton.wpd.sgi.com (04/01/91)
> From: karron@karron.med.nyu.edu (Dan Karron (karron@nyu.edu)) > Subject: What is Screen2.1a ? > To: jmb@sgi.com > Cc: info-iris@brl.mil > Reply-To: karron@CMCL2.NYU.EDU > Message-Id: <9103311821.AA16101@karron.med.nyu.edu> > X-Envelope-To: jmb@sgi.com > > > What does it do ? Why do I want it ? > Screen provides the capability to manage several virtual terminals from a single terminal (or terminal emulator). For example, I use it sometimes when I log in to SGI machines from my home system. With a single modem connection, I can then have multiple logical terminals supported, for communicating with different machines, for instance. In the modern world of windowing terminals and X11 you would think that this program isn't necessary anymore, but then X11 uses huge amounts of bandwidth which modern modem technology can't quite deliver, and there are more ASCII terminals of various flavors being sold then ever before. I even use it at times just on connections within an xterm window between machines - it lets me manage a huge amount of things going on on a remote machine through a single connection (and mental context). So do you want it? -- jmb