Thread: Who remembers "green screen" text terminals?

better yet, remembers how use them! i've got nice old ibm infowindow 3153 working nicely ubuntu server 10.04 virtual machine (meaning yes, serial port tunneled through host, no issues). issue i'm having usage of "pages"; built-in memory terminal has, can use run different commands , "store" output in various ways. issue lies in commands produce results longer 1 screen. terminal has mode can turn on "auto pages", means if, example, "ls" command produces more 1 screen worth of results, start filling other pages in memory overflow automatically. it's pretty nice, doesn't seem have way clear pages @ once, , having data left on over various pages messes programs lynx, see remnants of stored buffers on web pages you're trying view. if turn off auto pages, can manually switch other pages run command, if command goes on 1 page length, lose overflow -- doesn't move onto empty page. i'm sure there's way tell redirect output multiple pages, i'm not sure how it. (or, @ least i'm hopeful there's way!)

i'd appreciate in figuring out, , i'd love hear experiences green monsters!

-dan

haven't used monochrome since 286 days. can remember way playing simcity in hercules mode.

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