ite
devices use the
HP-UX
`300h
'
termcap(5)
entry.
However, as currently implemented,
the
ite
does not support the full range of
HP-UX
capabilities for this device.
Missing are multiple colors, blinking, softkeys,
programmable tabs, scrolling memory and keyboard arrow keys.
The keyboard will use the left and right
Amiga
keys as meta keys, in that it will set the eighth bit of the character code.
ite
devices also do a good job at emulating the
`vt100
'
termcap(5)
entry.
Upon booting, the kernel will first look for an
ite
device
to use as the system console
(/dev/console
).
If a display exists at any hardware address, it will be the console.
The kernel looks for them in decreasing order (that is, choosing the
highest-numbered one).
On most systems,
a display is used both as an
ite
(/dev/ttye?
aka
/dev/console
)
and as a graphics device
(/dev/grf?).
In this environment,
there is some interaction between the two uses that should be noted.
For example, opening
/dev/grf0
will deactivate the
ite
that is, write over whatever may be on the
ite
display.
When the graphics application is finished and
/dev/grf0
closed,
the
ite
will be reinitialized with the frame buffer cleared
and the
old colormap installed.