[GRLUG] Unix Term Emulator Connection

[Michael Mol]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Adam M. Erickson <adam at openfad.com> wrote:
>>Have you tried putty? I see a VT100+ emulation
>
> Can't, it was demanded of me that it be just a text based screen so
> that users cannot play games.

*snigger*

Telnet-access BBS games were my favorite way to get around school "no
games in the lab" policies.  And there's the bsdgames package on
Linux, among others.

>
> If all else fails. They might just have to access Unix from a window.
> At least Linux is free. The company I'm working for is using Century
> Tiny Term. They offer Terminal connection in Linux and Windows also
> but it is $500 per license.
> Ericom doesn't say but they offer trials.

All versions of Windows since -- at latest -- 3.11 have shipped with a
telnet client that I *believe* supports VT100 emulation.

However, since my endeavor to enable it, my Vista workstation has been
sitting here for most of the past hour saying "Please wait while the
features are configured.  This might take several minutes."

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:wq