info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (12/19/84)
From: Provan@LLL-MFE.ARPA I still can't believe DEC made no effort whatsoever to make SMG$ and the old SCR$ package compatible for foriegn terminals. For those of you who didn't go to DECUS or didn't go the to right sessions, there's NO WAY to have a non-DEC terminal that supports both SMG$ and SCR$ at the same time. Since half the version 4 utilities use SMG$ and half use SCR$, it's going to be tough to use foriegn terminals until all uses of SCR$ are stamped out. I'd guess that will take about 20 years. I wish DEC would stop trying to sell VT100's and VT200's. Even if I could dictate what terminals we buy here, I wouldn't recommend either of those two dogs. It's enough to drive one to UNIX....