11 Mar
2017
11 Mar
'17
9:39 a.m.
On 3/11/2017 12:08 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen via cctalk wrote:
Yes, xterm on debian linux works fine. I'm
trying to test exactly that,
run programs on a vintage computer that produce graphs on an emulated
terminal.
On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 5:14 PM, Douglas Taylor via
cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
This is one
of the things I will revisit. I'm still trying to compile
programs on the vax that are designed to plot directly to a tek terminal
connected to a serial port. PGPLOT has a very nicely constructed set of
*.com files for VMS but some of the routines are for DECW$. I can't run
DecWindows on a MicroVax II with 11MB of memory, so I loaded the basic
support files for DecWindows. The problem before was that PGPLOT wanted
to link to some of the DECW libraries and use some of the DECW header
files. I hope they are there now. We will see.
I like using the laptop as a console because I
can log my terminal session
while I'm installing software, etc. Kermit on debian linux comes without
any terminal emulation for some reason.
In general, kermit under Linux (and other
unix-like operating systems)
expect you to start kermit from the terminal emulator of your choice,
and "inherits" whatever terminal emulation you have started it from.
FWIW, I've successfully done vt100 with kermit started from xterm. One of the things that I tried was
running kermit inside the xterm window, I was able to connect to the Vax but
was unable to test the graphics portion.
Are you sure that your xterm has
Tektronix graphics emlation compiled
in / enabled?
I haven't tested graphics emulation yet, because I don't have a
vintage machine that supports it. HTH