[Info-vax] DCL "READ/TIME_OUT=n" from terminal; timer resets if message written to screen

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-05-22, gah4 <gah4 at u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
> Seems to make some sense to me.  
>
> If you are supposed to type something, and get interrupted, you should get
> extra time.  Especially if you have to read and process the message that
> came out.
>

Why ?

You are just typing what you have already decided to type.

To implement it in the way VMS does just leads to the problems the
OP is currently experiencing.

Simon.

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