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On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Ray Olszewski wrote:
>
> 1. Dumb terminals aren't networked devices; they are serial devices and
> connect over serial ports (or through modems, of course). You'll need a
> working serial port (with its own IRQ) on your Linux host for each terminal,
> with an appropriate entry in inittab.
>
I was partially aware of this -- I remember being told this before, but
wasn't totally sure about it. In that case, I'd need a serial multiport
device of some sort -- what is out there in that department that is
inexpensive?
Also, where could I find such hardware?
> 2. Rather than finding actual terminals, you might find it easier to
> scrounge up some '286 or older PCs (or old Macs, I suppose; even Apple IIe's
> would work) and run DOS with a terminal emulator like telix or procomm. If
> you can find some antique laptops, they are convenient for this purpose --
> you don't even need a hard disk to run these old apps.
>
If I had older PCs, or even knew where to look for them, I'd have that one
accomplished, more than likely, if I could find an ARCNet card that would
work on an IRQ that I have to have. The ARCNet cards that I have now all
conflict IRQs with other things (serial ports, sound card, and the
parallel port).
> 3. Or, if you have old 386s around, you can probably get them to run as X
> terminals (see http://www.menet.umn.edu/~kaszeta/unix/xterminal/index.html;
> there's a better site in Canada, but I can't find the URL right now). You
> might even be able to connect them to your Linux host serially, running ppp
> (I've done this experimentally, but only for command-line stuff, not X, and
> not for anything I've actually relied on to get work done).
>
Ouchie! I don't have enough CPU bandwidth for that one... as I understand
it, it would be a good idea to have a 200MHz+ machine for such a thing.
All I need is two or three additional text terminals (preferably the real
thing, that supports things like underline and so forth) like the VT102.
I don't have the computers for a terminal emulator, and I still don't have
a serial multiple port solution that I know of that I can afford...
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