[TUHS] virtual consoles / Alt-Fx

[KenUnix]

Coherent had the beginnings of X. Not so good , but it worked.

Ken


On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 11:41 AM Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 9:24 AM Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:
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>> FWIW I think Minix for the 8088 may have supported them - be
>> worth checking.
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> Minix 1.1 and 1.2 didn't have them. Unsure of later versions since they
> aren't packaged nicely for quick checking.
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> Coherent didn't seem to have them, but it's kinda hard to tell for sure
> without more study.
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>> My bet would be to look at ITS, WAITES and Twenex for the origin story.
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>  TOPS-20 had a way to attach and detach from a PTY. But they didn't keep
> the state of the screen... programs did, but not the kernel.
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> Warner
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