IDing WYSE terminal - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

11 Oct 2001

...
 Hi Chris.  I don't think I said hello yet (I help
run the list). 
Hello.

...
 UNIX systems have a library of routines (collectively
called "curses")
for sending commands to an idealized terminal, and a database format
(called "termcap", for "terminal capabilities") which contains
entries
for various terminal types.  Each entry describes the characters to send
to carry out the various commands on the actual terminal.  And then there's
terminfo (another database format, more flexible than termcap, but in-
compatible). 
Makes sense. Sorry, my *nix is limited. I used an old AT&T unix machine 
many many years ago (running System V), but that was limited to "user" 
knowledge. I knew how to turn it on, and start up the software I needed 
to use. I have recently begun to play with linux, but havent had much 
time to really sit down and learn it (althought that will probably 
change, since I need to upgrade my web server, and Linux with Apache 
seems like a good option)

...
 It would help you if you wanted to hook up your Wyse in
place of another
brand of terminal, but what you want (I guess) is for another terminal --
or computer -- to act like your Wyse. 
Correct. I need to connect something that the system will think is a Wyse 
60.

-chris

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