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From: mattc@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Matt Costello)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Screen savers for SCO Sys V/386 Console?
Message-ID: <2114@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM>
Date: 21 Nov 89 23:48:15 GMT
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In article <1214@ispi.UUCP> jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) writes:
>Not really.  Remember, the kernel already supports saving the entire
>screen via the Multiscreen utility.  All that is really needed is to
>save the current screen in an extra buffer (if it is not already saved)
>and blank out the screen until ANY key is pressed.  This will involve
>linking together the keyboard and the console drivers, something that
>the designers at SCO aren't too thrilled about doing.

It is easier to just disable the multiscreen for tty12 by removing it from
/etc/inittab and then have the idle daemon send the escape sequence to
switch to multiscreen 12.  Multiscreens are wonderful, but who needs all 12?
-- 
Matt Costello       <matt.costello@SanDiego.NCR.COM>      (CSNET)
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