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Re: VT100 over the web
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 22 Jun 2000 19:34:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Miller writes:
> Sproaticus <jsproat@io.com> wrote:
> > You mean something like a dedicated telnet / HTTP gateway? I still think lag
> > would be be a huge obstacle. How thin do you need your thin client to be?
> I assume that this would be specific to the program they're using, not a
> generic telnet<->http....
I have a few thoughts about this. If the telnet / VT100 throughput has a well-
defined format, then such a gateway could use expect (or something like it)
and serve HTML forms instead of relying upon the user to enter keystrokes. A
side benefit of this is the elimination of typos.
But if Larry has control over the output of the process in the telnet session,
then conceivably that process could be changed to read & write a better-
formatted stream (such as XML), which would significantly reduce the headache
for the gateway...
Cheers,
- jsproat
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