Subject: Re: Blinking and coloured text

From: Joe Brennan <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 95 13:20:41 EDT

> What may look cute or eye-catching to one recipient may cause another
> recipient's terminal to go crazy!

I know from user problem reports that the escapes can lock up certain
non-vt terminals, leaving the user with no choice but to turn off the
terminal and avoid reading the message again.  Nice stuff.

Joseph Brennan     Academic Information Systems
                   Columbia University in the City of New York
                   [email-masked]