In message <199903022321.PAA04388@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>,
Jason Thorpe writes:

>Not just "Sun PROM".  IIRC, Solaris doesn't use PROM routines to write
>text to the console, but instead uses somethine like wscons.

Hey, dont get me wrong. Acceptable console performance is a Good
Thing.  But there's no reason we _have_ to emulate Solaris consoles or
Sun PROM consoles on all ports.

And multia-line jump scrolling will help the `cat huge file test',
but it does bugger-all to improve Charles' "output" test.