Sletten Kenneth W KPWA wrote:
>
> Jeff correctly correct my correction:
>
> > > IMO the discussion at SIGMPE at SIG3000 settled on
> > > what is clearly the preferred solution:  Stan's suggestion
> > > of being able to "open" an EXISTING VT connection....
> > > Except note that of course that should be "VT *and*
> > >TELNET" connections...
> >
> > I think Stan suggested a "release my terminal so that it can
> > be opened by another process" command or function.
>
> What he said:   Release the LDEV being used by my network
> termulator SESSION so it can be used by another process....

Gee, that sounds remotely like X (pun intended, for those that got it).

But seriously, could some redirection be done via posix /dev/tty or
similar mechanism (if NS dynamically handles pseudo-ttys in some
fashion, which it doesn't now)???

One of the big attractions to MPE (back in the Neanderthal days) was
the ability to :FILE equate something to almost "anything" and it
behaved as expected.  This isn't necessarily true anymore across the
MPE/posix barrier.

Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>