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From: peter@athena.mit.edu (Peter J Desnoyers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: FANSI-Console lockup problem
Message-ID: <4233@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>
Date: 1 Apr 88 16:28:21 GMT
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Reply-To: peter@athena.mit.edu (Peter J Desnoyers)
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Summary: WHY???

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I have been using fansi-console recently as a terminal when dialing in,
(so that I can use reverse or bold video instead of closing the
blinds) and have gotten it wedged several times in such a way that it
required rebooting.

Does any one know what causes this? Is there a 'hot-key' to reset
FANSI-Console without rebooting when it gets wedged, or is this an
unfixable bug? 

Note - the problem occurs when using the ^P command in emacs or tcsh.
Instead of having the previous line(s) shift onto the screen (or
replace the current line in tcsh) the console just gets wedged and I
have to reboot. Thank god my modem doesn't hang up when I do that.

ps - I guess people should reply by email. If any of the suggestions
are interesting, useful, or funny I will summarize.

				Peter Desnoyers
				peter@athena.mit.edu