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Re: Question about Desktop Environments



On Monday 17 March 2008 06:33:37 pm Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 03/17/08 20:14, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > My dad would be quite at home in front of my VT520; he hasn't been here
> > since I bought it.  I remember going to his work (insurance
> > underwriter) when I was a kid; I remember all the green-screens.
>
> VTs are useful, because they are small.  But I'd *never* voluntarily
> use one, because the scrollback buffer of a VT emulator is just way
> too useful.

I could have sworn I've encountered real VTs with scrollback.

-- 
Paul Johnson
baloo@ursine.ca

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