master@drot-a.UUCP (Al Borup) (01/30/91)
I have a custom software application that runs on a NEC Powermate/386
with SCO Unix Sys 5, rel. 3.2. This application uses the multiscreen
capabilities of the console. <alt>F1 screen is used to log-in and
fire up the application. The application uses the <alt>F2 and <alt>F3
screens for output and user control menus. (There are no gettys on these
screens - the program uses them directly, and the ttys are selectable.)
Question:
I need to use this application from a terminal, NOT the console. I have
read about mscreens and it seems that I should be able to do this. I
haven't been able to figure out how to make a pseudo tty work. The manual
doesn't seems to have enough explanation for me to get the grasp of this.
I think I am able to start mscreens, but can't seem to get the terminal to
hop between them. My terminal is a Link MC3 emulating either a VT100 or
a Wyse50. It does have paged memory. If the terminal is my problem, I
am willing to buy whatever terminal I need to make it work.
The devices ttyp1 thru ttyp7 are defined and present in /dev.
My strategy is to have the application use these devices instead of tty02
and tty03.
I log in via the terminal, start mscreen, then cannot figure out how to
have the terminal pop over to the pseudo screens.
Any ideas what I may be doing wrong?
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