Original Question:
> I'm looking for a vt220 (or higher) Emulation for Sun-OS 4.x - Openwindows 3.0
> (and - for future - also for SunOS 5.x - Solaris-2)
>
> Have you expirience with such a tool?
> Any problems?
> Where can I get this?
Thanks to:
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Cameron Humphries <cameron@chook.cs.adelaide.edu.au>
autam Das <gautam@bwc.org>
Banks B J <randy@essex.ac.uk>
Paul Jones <P.S.Jones@durham.ac.uk>
"Peter A. Starceski" <starcesk@noc.hfh.edu>
danny@ews7.dseg.ti.com (Danny Johnson)
tschmidt@pefs1.micron.com (Tom Schmidt)
waqar@rocky.fimi.com (Waqar Malik)
walt@adaclabs.com (Walt Klingenberg)
paul@iquery.iqsc.COM (Paul Cushing)
Result:
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You can try xterm -tn vt220. You must have this terminal type defined in
termcap.
This not a perfect emulation, i.e the KEYPAD keys don't work straight
away. But if you use xmodmap to remap the keys then you might get a
little better emulation.
There seems to be problems with reverse video coming on when you don't
want it.
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(From: starcesk@noc.hfh.edu)
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Largest Information ...
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(From Tom Schmidt)
One freeware vt220 emulator that I have used under Openwindows is called
crttool. I have included the source code below. It works pretty good, with
support for Type 4 and 5 keyboards, including the keypad functions. The source
compiles under both SunOS 4.1.X and Solaris 2.
I have also used two commercial VT emulators, Isoterm and te320. Isoterm is
made by the The Bristol Group, Ltd. and provides VT340 emulation, which is
great for running graphical apps on a VAX like RS/1. Te320 is by Sunlink, and
is just the enhanced version of te100tool, but runs under xview instead of
sunview and provides vt320 emulation. I prefer Isoterm between these two
because (1) it is cheaper, and (2) it is better than te320. Both use floating
licenses. The Isoterm license is more flexible because it lets you open
multiple vt340 windows using only one license on the same workstation, whereas
Sun's te320 requires a license per window. Isoterm and te320 have versions for
both SunOS 4.1.X and Solaris 2. Isoterm is available on the Catalyst CDware
volume 5 CD-ROM and a free evaluation license is also available by calling
Bristol.
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My Expirence:
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- crttool - I got the Version 2.0, compilation unter 4.1.3 OK,
... but I can't start it, I have problems to setup the FONTPATH
correct ... Maybe in a few months I will have time to look for
this problem ...
- Isoterm from Bristal - we have now 4 Licenses, it works fine, but the manual
is a little bit confusing ... (many Versions explained ... but not
the version we had installed from tape & the README-Files are
also for an other version ... so --> Try and Error
So, for the moment we will use Isoterm.
Kind Regards,
Andreas Fenner
System Administrator
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