Layers

[Greg A. Woods]

In article <940 at s8.Morgan.COM> amull at Morgan.COM (Andrew P. Mullhaupt) writes:
> I'm beginning to use Layers with SCO UNIX System V/386 r3.2;
> since I can't seem to get the terminal to do multiscreens. (It's
> a PC emulating any one of about five terminals, I thought the
> best chance for multiscreens was a Wyse50, but no go...)

[ a wyse-50 isn't much good for anything, unless you are replacing a
DEC vt52, and don't need any more functionality ]

> The Layers work OK, but I have experienced a Double PANIC twice

Are you talking about layers, or shell layers (i.e. shl)?  There's a
big difference, and I'd be surprised to find out SCO had layers.  I'd
be even more surprised if you found a Wyse terminal which understood
layers!

Yes shl and the sxt drivers (i.e. shell layers) are known to be buggy
in several implementations.  I cannot comment on SCO Unix, though I've
had problems in other 386 implementations of SysVr3.2.  SCO Xenix had
several problems with the sxt drivers interacting badly with other tty
drivers.
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						Greg A. Woods

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