[GRLUG] Unix Term Emulator Connection

[Don Wood]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: grlug-bounces at grlug.org [mailto:grlug-bounces at grlug.org] On
> Behalf Of Adam M. Erickson
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 2:22 PM
> To: grlug at grlug.org
> Subject: [GRLUG] Unix Term Emulator Connection
> 
> Is there a way to take an old computers I have laying around and have
> it emulate a VT100 or  WYSE60 or just use Telnet  connect to a old
> Data General Unix box?
> 
> It is on a LAN and would require the Ethernet port.
> 
> Telnet works great from windows DOS shell and Linux Command prompt
> window but when I try to do it outside a GUI environment I cannot get
> the escape keys and other keys to work.
> 
> Telnet will connect, but the program  running on the Unix requires F4
> to escape and F7, to undo but they do not get sent to the server
> correctly. The backspace does not work also.
> 
> Can someone point me in the right direction?
> 
> Auto booting from a CD that connects to the server would be a plus for
> when the hard drive dies.
> 
> I have search the web over and over but since I do not know much about
> Terminal connections I haven't figured out where to start.
> 


We use PowerTerm by Ericom here at work and it works great. It will do
dozens of different emulations and is easy to setup. It's not freeware
however and you have to pay for a license. They have Windows or Linux
versions.

http://www.ericom.com/clientbased.asp