wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) (11/24/90)
I want to find a way to implement a vt100 terminal under Minix. Rather than writing one as a user program, is there some way to make a Minix console a VT100 rather than a minix type? I have Gordon's Virtual Console patches, and I wouldn't mind having one of the consoles as a VT100. It would make modemming much easier. Of course, if anyone has written a decent VT100 emulator for Minix, I'd love to hear about it. -- "Dad, what should I be when I grow up?" "Honest." -- Robert M. Pirsig, _Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence_. Wayne Hayes INTERNET: wayne@csri.utoronto.ca CompuServe: 72401,3525
tgcpwd@rw7.urc.tue.nl (Wim van Dorst) (11/26/90)
In article <1990Nov23.224342.10147@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) writes: >I want to find a way to implement a vt100 terminal under Minix. The consoles of Gordon's virtual console are a good starting point for such terminal emulation. They already know about the most used escape sequences of a VT100. I included some small extra things so that now the <esc>[?... sequences and the <esc>#... sequences, which cannot be interpreted properly, are not displayed on the console (thus less rubbish on the screen). Also I made the SI en SO characters disappear from the screen. These are all quick hacks, as I only wanted to get rid of rubbish, the good things are in already. I use my Minix system to log in on a VAX under VMS :-( at work, and there I work with All-in-1, the office automation programme :-(, which doesn't know about non-DEC terminals, and therefore assumes you have at least a VT100. With my adapted console.c I can at least have a reasonable display. If one is interested just let me know, but don't expect something nice: it is just a few hacks. I know Fred van Kempen has in his NLMug version of Minix also a good keyboard (with VT100 function keys). That is another improvement I think will be a good step forward (I haven't ask a copy yet). If anyone outthere _does_ have a good VT100 emulator: I am as interested as Wayne (at work there's nothing but VMSes). Hoping to hear from someone with a real VT100 emulator, met vriendelijke groeten, Wim 'Blue Baron' van Dorst -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blue Baron = Wim van Dorst, Voice (+31) 074-443937, (+31) 02152-42319 (-: baron@wiesje.hobby.nl tgcpwd@urc.tue.nl :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------