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From: perry@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Perry Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: SAM with 7.0 / Yellow Pages
Message-ID: <5570645@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 23 May 91 23:29:33 GMT
References: <1991May21.112506.41@and.cs.liv.ac.uk>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
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>> >When SAM replaced reconfig in HP-UX 7, I wish they had written it
>> >to allow the "-m" option as in reconfig, so that you could run it
>> >in line mode on a non-HP screen.
>> 
>> We added vt100 and wyse30 support for 8.0.  Does this help ?
>
>what about just supporting terminfo and be done with it?
>
>-wayne

Just to stop the e-mail deluge I'm getting, here's the scoop.

Yes, terminfo would be the right way to do this.  SAM uses a 3rd party
frontend that doesn't use terminfo.  Rather, it has it's own way of
defining terminal characteristics, much of which is rather painful to
program.

So, while doing new term types isn't impossible, we have to watch the
ROI.  vt100 and wyse30 were the most-requested, so we did them.  If
there are other common term types that would help your shop, let me know
and I'll forward them to the decision-makers.  This isn't a promise to
do your favorite term type - just a market survey.

Perry Scott
HP Ft Collins