Unix layers- using /dev/sxt---

[Robert Viduya]

> > How does one really use the /dev/sxt--- devices on an AT&T 3b2 Unix 5.2?
> > There is a progrsm shl, shell layer manager, that lets you have multiple
> > shells all spewing forth at once, but how do you separate the output into
> > windows, for example, at the terminal?  Is the device driver in there
> > incapable of this right now?  Do you have to write one? (or modify it)
> > The manual makes little mention of this.
> > 
> 
> If you really want multiple windows, there is the DMD layers software
> which might not be available for the 3b2.

The DMD layers software is available for the 3B2.  The software handles
all the output seperation by wrapping all data sent from and to the
terminal in a multiplexing type protocol.  The DMD terminal, unlike
most other terminals, is smart enough to handle this.  

			robert
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Robert Viduya							01111000
Georgia Institute of Technology

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