> >I second that. Have you ever tried to reset a virtual terminal
> >to non |||| semigraphical mode after cat-ing a binary file?
> >Even exit and hitting ctrl-d on the login, which helps on other
> >systems, does not here. Any known ways to reset the terminal
> >to readable characters?
>
> echo
>
> (Literal Ctrl-O.)
>
> -zefram
Type "reset" at the command line.