[Simh] Request for Reccomendations - Telnet

From: Ron Hudson <ron.hudson_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu Oct 14 21:54:55 2004

On Oct 14, 2004, at 5:12 PM, Ed Kelleher wrote:

> At 07:49 PM 10/14/2004, you wrote:
>>> Please pardon my ignorance here, I'm going out on a limb ...
>>>
>>> vt50dpy as in VT50/VT52??
>>> VT100's were ANSI, VT50/VT52 were DEC specific.
>>> They used way different programming codes.
>>
>> I suspect I misunderstood the manual when it said "Use VT50DPY for
>> vt50,vt52 and vt100 terminals."
>>
>> The manual also mentions command options like /24 (use 24 lines
>> instead of 12) and /DCA (use cursor
>> control instead of spacing) but I am not sure how to supply those via
>> the run command as in
>> run $vt50dpy /24 /dca
>>
>> like that? It complains that it can't find some file, where run
>> $vt50dpy starts up fine.
>>
>> I suppose I need to make a CCL.. right? :^)
>
> Ohhhhh RSTS!
> Light bulb goes off in head - light leaks out nose and ears from empty
> skull.
>
> Thought that sounded familiar, VT50DPY was the continuously updating
> SYSTAT thing?
> The "bring the system to it's knees" program (along with Plane)?

Plane?

What is this, Plane?

PLANE? ooh nooo a flight simulator on a teletype :^)
(frame rate? We don't need no steenking frame rate)

> Real VT100's had a hardware VT52 emulation mode, or you could NOT use
> DCA and it should run on a VT100.
>

Hmm play with kermit summore and get it to be a vt52.



> But, a 7 character program name?? Thought RSTS and the others were
> 6.3?
>
> Gotta get RSTS system going here.
> As soon as I get my SCSI drives going: 1 for RT11, 1 for RSX11M, 1 for
> RSTS,
> as soon as I get my UC08 going,
> as soon as I .... get my teletype <he he>
>
> :-)
>
> Ed K.
Received on Thu Oct 14 2004 - 21:54:55 BST