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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Smart Modem Dial Out Database
Message-ID: <506@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 10-Jul-86 01:08:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.506
Posted: Thu Jul 10 01:08:43 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jul-86 06:38:01 EDT
References: <802@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU> <2268@cbosgd.UUCP> <987@decuac.DEC.COM> <2304@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <2304@umcp-cs.UUCP> chris@maryland.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
>In article <987@decuac.DEC.COM> avolio@decuac.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio)
>writes:
>>In Ultrix-32, there is /etc/acucap.  A sample entry...
>>
>>df112|df124|DF112|DF124|DEC df112:\
>>	:cr:hu:re:ls:ss=^B:sr=Ready\r\n:sd#250000:di=T:fd#40:\
>>	:dt=#:dd#50000:os=\r\nAttached\r\n:rs==:
>
>(followed by a description of the meanings of each entry).
>
>I do not wish to disparage DEC's design decisions, but I do wish
>they had made acucap more like terminfo than termcap.  I had hoped
>that we were done with cryptic two-character strings.  Cryptic
>unlimited strings are so much nicer :-).  Perhaps one of these
>days I will write a `capabilities file' reader that works the
>`right' way. . . .
>-- 
>In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 1516)

I don't think you should blame this on DEC - it looks awfully similar
to the acucap stuff which shows up in some (all?) versions of System V,
with a man page that says 'bell'.

Now if they've introduced stuff that is source level imcompatible with
BSD4.2 as a previous posting suggested, then they deserve the paddle...

-- 
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