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Micha
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| Posted on January 01 2007 08:44 |
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Hello,
I am a newcomer with respect to tinkering with VMS systems. Have just managed to install a SIMH VAX with VMS and am about to bring a real Microvax back to life.
The "thing" I am sitting in front of is normally a linux-PC (Ubutu, wich uses the gnome desktop).
Until now I have not yet found the optimal terminal emu program to connect to my VAXes:
* GNOME-TERM supports a history scroll bar but somehow the screen control sequences are not right - when I use EDIT the screen messes up
* SCREEN supports screen control very nice, but it doesn't give me a history to scroll back.
Any recommendations?
Kind Regards
Micha |
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brad
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| Posted on January 02 2007 13:24 |
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[quote:03182746f9="Micha"]Hello,
I am a newcomer with respect to tinkering with VMS systems. Have just managed to install a SIMH VAX with VMS and am about to bring a real Microvax back to life.
The "thing" I am sitting in front of is normally a linux-PC (Ubutu, wich uses the gnome desktop).
Until now I have not yet found the optimal terminal emu program to connect to my VAXes:
* GNOME-TERM supports a history scroll bar but somehow the screen control sequences are not right - when I use EDIT the screen messes up
* SCREEN supports screen control very nice, but it doesn't give me a history to scroll back.
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On my Linux laptop, I run X within ssh (ssh -X <nodename> . It's then a simple matter to issue the following command:
$create/terminal/detach
and, voila, a DECTERM window pops up. By far the best "emulation" available! |
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HobbyistOne
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| Posted on January 02 2007 19:39 |
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[quote:5b1dbd7fa9="Micha"]Hello,
I am a newcomer with respect to tinkering with VMS systems. Have just managed to install a SIMH VAX with VMS and am about to bring a real Microvax back to life.
The "thing" I am sitting in front of is normally a linux-PC (Ubutu, wich uses the gnome desktop).
Until now I have not yet found the optimal terminal emu program to connect to my VAXes:
* GNOME-TERM supports a history scroll bar but somehow the screen control sequences are not right - when I use EDIT the screen messes up
* SCREEN supports screen control very nice, but it doesn't give me a history to scroll back.
Any recommendations?
Kind Regards
Micha[/quote:5b1dbd7fa9]
I use this from Fedora (it's actually from a Desktop icon):
xterm -title "Hobby" -fn 10x20 -ti vt220 -rightbar -bg black -fg orange -e
ssh -l davidc 72.64.118.245
The only thing I have to do is CTRL-BUTTON1 and make sure the BS/Delete setting and "VT220 Keys" is set. As yet, I haven't gotten the resources set up right to do that automatically, darn it... |
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opcom
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| Posted on January 26 2007 13:49 |
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I might be old fashioned but I use a DEC Alppha XL300 with windows NT and a program called TeraTerm with a cable between the serial ports.
I set terminal to ANSI and 132 columns, and view locally as black with green text. |
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pitmodano12
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| Posted on September 09 2007 21:10 |
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What Proprietary Operating System Do You (Mostly) Use: If all you need is a terminal emulator for command line access, you should definitely have a copy |
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chuck_bradley
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| Posted on March 20 2009 10:21 |
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This topic is old enough that there might be new information available.
I have not touched a VMS system for almost seven years, but I recently
saved an Alpha from the scrap heap. When I was active with VMS I found it much more convenient to have many sessions open on timesharing systems from my VMS workstation than to use only the workstation or to use a VT to the big box. What software is available to run multiple sessions to the Alpha from a windows system? Open source, freeware, or low cost preferred since I don't know if I will spend much time on the Alpha. Thanks. |
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chuck_bradley
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| Posted on March 20 2009 14:24 |
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Thanks for all the pointers. I'll check them out.
The system is a prototype AlphaServer 1200. It has two ports for video terminals, and one seems to work as a console. However, the box will be
in the basement and I will be on the second floor, so the only connection will be ethernet. Fortunately I still have a hub with a thinwire port.
Thanks again, for this help and for helping to keep the world's best operating system alive. |
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imiller
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| Posted on April 01 2009 23:22 |
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mostly I use PuTTY but occasionally a real VT520, VT420, V340, V220 etc :-) |
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urbancamo
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| Posted on December 17 2010 23:02 |
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The best linux based terminal emulator is xterm - it has the most complete support for some of the less well used escape sequences. However, if you can get over occasional issues with backspace and delete being defined wrong creating a decterm back to your local box is the way to go.
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century
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| Posted on June 18 2011 21:56 |
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on windows i use a very nice proggy : IVT , multitabbed session, multi support , many , many functions ... i connect unix,linux and vms systems with it , it can autologin your sessions (encrypted password) ... etc
on linux i use terminator , a multi tabbed vt102 xterm
both works like a charm |
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urbancamo
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| Posted on June 29 2011 11:59 |
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xterm has the best VT2xx support on Linux (and I guess any derivative which probably try and make it more user friendly)
On Windows putty does a good job, or if you can find it Powerterm 525 (which was distributed on with Pathworks). |
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