[GRLUG] Unix Term Emulator Connection

[David Pembrook]

Adam M. Erickson wrote:
> 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.
>
> Regards,
>
> Adam M. Erickson
> ae at openfad.com
> "The whole is more than the sum of its parts." - Aristotle
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Have you tried putty? I see a VT100+ emulation

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/