[plug] Weirdness on getty

[Bernard Blackham]

On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, Mike Holland wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, Bernard Blackham wrote:
> > At the login prompt at a getty on a vt, typing a username or any string of
> > letters entirely in uppercase will result in everything thereon being in
> 
> This is one of those things that reminds you just how old Unix is.
> The feature is for the benefit of those with terminals that dont support
> lower case.

Ahh, and now it all makes sense! I think the origins of that go back waaay
before my time.

Thanks,

Bernard.

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 Bernard Blackham
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