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Re: Quick question: Anybody remember the "alphabet soup" status line from WSF and RUMBA?

Hello James,

Am 08.11.2022 um 18:27 schrieb James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

No; WSF and RUMBA had pure alphabet soup status lines.

Hm, I've extrapolated that Rumba might stem from SNA•ps client and that definitely show a cared. I admit that it's not an alphabet char, though.

(and worse, later versions of RUMBA had graphical status lines with the alphabet soup indicators in something like Helvetica Extra Light); "II" instead of "X" for keyboard lock, "MW" instead of a message icon for message waiting, and so forth.


I do remember the "II" from SNA•ps, though…

WRQ Reflection, as I recall, had the most realistic status line of that generation of emulators.

LOL! Realistic compared to… what? :-)

:wq! PoC


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