Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!hsi!mlfarm!ron From: ron@mlfarm.uucp (Ronald Florence) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: emulating t4014 undSCO multiscreens Message-ID: Date: 16 Feb 90 23:27:19 GMT References: <1990Feb15.124810.27123@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> Sender: ron@mlfarm.UUCP Organization: Maple Lawn Farm, Stonington, CT Lines: 22 In-reply-to: dooley@physics.utoronto.ca's message of 15 Feb 90 17:48:10 GMT In article <1990Feb15.124810.27123@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> dooley@physics.utoronto.ca (Kevin Dooley) writes: > Here's what I want to do: > I want to make at least one but not necessarily all of my > multiple screens (tty0[1-12]) emulate a tek4014 so that I can > run graphing softwarefrom the console. It is not possible to switch from a graphics multiscreen to a non-graphics multiscreen, but if you can live with that limitation, it is relatively easy to write a tek4014 emulator using the SCO CGI drivers. The advantage of the CGI drivers is that by changing one environmental variable, you can have output go to a printer or plotter instead of the screen. If there is interest, I'll post the tek4014 emulator we use, which can be adapted for other output devices by rewriting one header file. We've used the emulator successfully with the CGI devices (vga, ega, Laserjet, HP plotter, Deskjet, Epson printer), and with direct output to an HP plotter, and an Epson printer. -- Ronald Florence ron@mlfarm.uu.net {yale,uunet}!hsi!mlfarm!ron