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From: new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New)
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Subject: Re: How do we change the scheduler? (Was Re: Multitasking at home...)
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Date: 18 Jan 91 20:41:09 GMT
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In article <7536@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>That's how the console device supports typeahead without getting output mixed
>up with input: when you type in the screen it blocks output until you enter
>a whole line. Other programs are not effected. I thought it was kind of
>clever, actually.

I prefer the method used in CP-V, namely that the input you type ahead
does not echo until it is read.  Looking at a hardcopy or a screen, you
cant tell whether any given character was typed ahead or not. -- Darren

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