), with cross-compatibility coming later as an afterthought.īut even compatible systems often had their hardware (later software) quirks. These all started as proprietary developments of the different mainframe manufacturers (IBM, HP, Cray.
Some of these has local computing options, many were of the type 'connect to the mainframe in the basement', basically glorified teletype machines that used a screen instead of paper. Don't forget, the modern'ish terminal you see on your modern flat panel screen is basically an emulator of an old school serial (or parallel or network or $other) terminal.
Yes, there are many, MANY different terminals and terminal emulators out there. so it seems that this is something that depends on the terminal and the system.
Use xterms, because others I've tried have the problem that was complained about.īy harangzsolt33 (Chaplain) on at 13:01 UTC It fills an 80x25 screen with 'x' and does not go to the next line until after it exits.
