[Info-vax] 8-bit characters

[Michael Moroney]

On 11/11/2021 1:40 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 11/11/2021 1:33 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article <smji9o$4vb$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, Michael Moroney
>> <moroney at world.std.spaamtrap.com> writes:
>>
>>>>> EDT fans may want the patch
>>>>> for its ability to understand terminals with more than 24 lines.
>>>>
>>>> Will the patch become standard?  Not that I need a terminal with more
>>>> than 24 lines.  :-)
>>>>
>>> It's a regular patch for VSI V8.4-2x and is already part of 9.X.
>>
>> Nice to see that EDT is still under active maintenance and even
>> development at VSI.  :-D

It really isn't.

> Don't be too sure about that.  I believe Michael mentioned in the past
> that he did the mod on his own, ie; not assigned work.  I could 
> mis-remember.
> 

You remember correctly. The hardwired '24 line terminal' assumption 
pissed me off and a few times I looked at it I said no way I can fix 
that spaghetti code. But one day the planets were aligned or something, 
and I just did it.