PROGRAMS THAT WORK & PROGRAMS THAT DON'T


General rules:

 - Any command-line-only program works fine, but the 80-cols output may
   not be easily readable. Examples: cat, grep, ls.
 - Any program that runs on the X Window System does not work, of course.
 - Any program that works correctly in a 33x10 xterm, also works with
   vt52bis.


On my Debian system, all programs that run `textmode full-screen' use the
ncurses library. But not all of them `scale' correctly, i.e. they expect
the display to be 80x24 or 80x25. These are the problematic programs. 

I've tested a few programs - though most not extensively. Below are the
results (YMMV!). If you want to know what a certain program is, please
refer to http://www.debian.org - `Debian Packages', which has a search
engine. 


GOOD = seems to function perfectly:
~~~~

  bash, frotz, gnuchessr, info, joe, less, lynx, man, more, nethack,
  ncftp, octave, pico, sc, talk, tcsh, vi(m), (n)vi, watch


MAYBE = weird display, but useable if you know what's displayed on 80x24:
~~~~~
  hangman, ispell, mc, pine, tin (segfaults?)


BAD = not useable (IMO):
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  ae, beav, cftp, ee, elm, elvis-tiny, git, gnuchess, pente, typist, we/wpe