[HN Gopher] I'd like to speak to the Bellcore ManaGeR
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I'd like to speak to the Bellcore ManaGeR
Author : Bogdanp
Score : 10 points
Date : 2025-10-12 14:14 UTC (8 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.ninakalinina.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.ninakalinina.com)
| bediger4000 wrote:
| I got mgr running on a SPARCStation 10 running SunOS 4.13 in
| 1995. It worked OK, until it crashed the machine, which upset me.
| We were having an office "uptime" competition.
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| One thing this article, which is very thorough, and very good,
| doesn't mention is that all the signalling is in-band via
| control/escape sequences. Mgr had no analog to xterm. You
| telent'ed in to some other machine, your shell script did some
| control sequences, and presto, a new window with a shell on the
| remote machine showed up.
|
| I believe this article touches on mouse button use. I think
| Stephen Uhler, the major author of mgr, was left handed, as the
| default button arrangement definitely was more ergonomic for your
| left hand.
| nkali wrote:
| Indeed, the signalling is implemented in a really, really
| clever way.
|
| I had no idea that the author was left-handed; it would be
| interesting to try MGR with remapped mouse controls, I suppose!
| bediger4000 wrote:
| I don't know for sure, but I distinctly remember that mgr on
| SunOS was default left handed. Could be the version you had
| was compiled for right handers.
|
| I think I got mgr source off a free software CD, maybe Walnut
| Creek brand. I did have to fiddle to get it compiled and
| working.
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