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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Large machines and tty naming conventions.
Message-ID: <6258@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 8-Aug-87 09:27:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: brl-smok.6258
Posted: Sat Aug  8 09:27:43 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 9-Aug-87 11:12:25 EDT
References: <8550@brl-adm.ARPA> <6200@brl-smoke.ARPA> <382@altos86.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <382@altos86.UUCP> scott@altos86.UUCP (Scott A. Rotondo) writes:
>I'm not certain I see why this has to impact code that knows about the old
>scheme.  Is there any reason you can't have both?

Yes, the original poster had too many lines for the old scheme.
Also, presumably one is trying to fix things, not complexify them.