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VT100 over the web
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 09:04:05 GMT
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Is it even possible? My researches so far have not turned up a product, and in
thinking about the problem, the VT100 protocol stream is richer than HTML, in
some ways of looking at it.
We are trying to determine the feasibility of replacing client side installed
VT100 emulation software with a server side component that renders an emulated
VT100 terminal (or its contents anyway) via a browser.
I suspect that doing so with static or generated HTML is not practical but
haven't disproven it yet.
I suspect that doing so with a java applet (that perhaps just supports the
Vt100 protocol stream, or perhaps interacts with a serverside component that
does the protocol conversion) might be possible, but as to how practical?? gut
says not all that practical. Certainly I haven't turned up any products yet.
Thanks
++Lar in Zürich (on a keyboard that has ü as a key!!!)
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: VT100 over the web
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| (...) Heheh.. Mine has that ü thing also, as well as ç,ö,þ,ð,ý and Ý (I know, you even can't see the last four in correct form..:-) selÇuk gÖre ..:-) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: VT100 over the web
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| (...) I'd tend to agree with you on that. VT100 with half duplex continually sends screen updates with every keystroke (1), after which it needs to render the escape codes (termcap?) properly. Server performance would take a serious hit, both in (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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