>>> Gavin Scott wrote:

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>The "reverse VT" option has been there for a long time, but I'm not sure
I've ever heard of anyone using it, and I've never quite figured out what it
does either.

>The :FILE parameter documentation for ;VTERM implies that it is RFA for
terminal devices instead of files.

>With RFA you can issue a file equation pointing to a file on a system that
you've opened a :DSLINE to.  It sounds like ;VTERM would allow you to issue
a file equation that points to a terminal device on the remote system.  But
exactly why this would require some random "virtual" LDEVs I'm not quite
sure of, but I suppose they could serve as proxy devices for the remote
terminal devices.

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RFA was required for multithreading tasks, certain Java functions to work properly, and for Native Mode Terminal I/O.

Jeff Vance wrote:

Hi all,

The 6.5 release of MPE kernel threads (*tentatively* scheduled for 6.5
express 2) will contain the NS/VT terminal driver in FOS.  As Gavin
has correctly surmised, CSY was unaware that NS services were necessary
for certain terminal functions.  There is currently no plan to retrofit
the NS/VT terminal driver into earlier MPE releases.

regards,
 Jeff Vance, CSY