On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 7:51 AM John Gardner <[email protected]> wrote:
> BTW, stupid question: how did people in the 70s read > lengthy files without a pager...? When I ran Unix 7 on > SIMH, it lacked both less(1) *and* more(1). If more (or the equivalent) wasn't available, being adroit with the <ctrl-s> and <ctrl-x> keys was the usual way. Loading the file into ex or the like could also work, though I don't recall doing that myself. Some terminals, the Tek 401x series especially, could be configured to tell the host to stop sending text on a "page full" condition. Some sent the proper RS-232 hardware signals, some sent <ctrl-s>/<ctrl-x>. The Tek terminals I worked with actually sent a bit clock to the host, which allowed the terminal to accept text as fast as it could. On "page full", it stopped sending the bit clock, which stopped the text in its tracks. I suppose this saved trying to coerce the DEC terminal card into DTRT with hardware signals. (It's been a long time, and my memory isn't what it was.) -- --Dale I have a simple question, The truth I only wish: Are all fishermen liars, Or do only liars fish?
