On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Allison wrote:
  Whats hardware dependent about the VMS version?  The
unix version
 assumes a locally connected "head" or a Xserver/Xterm system. 
  Sorry; I misread your original post, and thought that multisessions
required a later model DEC terminal.
  The unix screen doesn't assume any TERM definition.  I've run it from
serial terminals, ssh sessions, and text-mode logins with a variety of
term definitions.  The Linux, *BSD and AIX versions all set the virtual
terminal to its own termcap.  It makes AIX almost convenient....
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