Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1+some 2/3/84; site dual.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!dual!fair From: fair@dual.UUCP (Erik E. Fair) Newsgroups: net.info-terms Subject: Re: VT100 Compatible Terminals (and magic cookies) Message-ID: <283@dual.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Feb-84 19:30:52 EST Article-I.D.: dual.283 Posted: Wed Feb 15 19:30:52 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Feb-84 02:47:28 EST References: <918@cwruecmp.UUCP> <11500002@uo-vax1.UUCP> Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA Lines: 13 A magic cookie is a piece of braindamage. It is when a cursor attribute (like `cause this set of characters to blink') takes up a space on the screen. The TeleVideo 950 suffers from this and so do all the fool terminals trying to emulate it. Fortunately, the smarter manufacturers are adding an option to remove the magic cookies. So from now on, use magic mushrooms... Erik E. Fair dual!fair@BERKELEY.ARPA {ucbvax,ihnp4,cbosgd,amd70,zehntel,fortune,unisoft,onyx,its}!dual!fair Dual Systems Corporation, Berkeley, California