V1/man/man1/type.1
11/3/71 TYPE (I)
NAME type -- type on 2741
SYNOPSIS type name1
DESCRIPTION type produces output on an IBM 2741 terminal with a
Correspondence type ball.
type uses typewriter tty5, which, because of the lack of
access ports, is also used as a standard communication
channel. Therefore, who should be used to verify the
absence of a user on tty5.
The method is as follows: type the type command. It will
wait until tty5 is dialled up. When the phone answers,
depress the interrupt button after paper has been loaded,
and the first file will be typed. spaces out to the end of
a sheet of paper and waits until the interrupt button is
depressed before beginning each new file.
FILES /dev/tty5
SEE ALSO who
DIAGNOSTICS
BUGS obviously some scheme is needed to prevent interference
between normal users and The best thing would be to support
2741's as a standard terminal.
OWNER dmr