Re: Talking X Terminal

From: Brian Buhrow (buhrow@moria)
Date: Thu Sep 09 1993 - 10:42:35 PDT


On Sep 9, 3:46am, usids002@ibmmail.com wrote:
} Most people are aware that access to some Unix platforms can be
} achieved by connecting a PC emulating a terminal to the Unix box
} through the serial port. To the best of my knowledge, we have
} not been able to achieve access to Unix via Ethernet.
>-- End of excerpt from usids002@ibmmail.com

        Actually, Ethernet access is quite simple. You can take a PC, stick
an Ethernet card in it, run your favorite speech program, and then run your
favorite implementation of telnet in the DOS environment. NCSA Telnet is
free, some of the other ones charge, and some work better than others with
certain computers. For Unix, however, most anything will usually do.
Another method, for those sights which have them, is for blind users to
plug their equipment into a terminal server and then use the Ethernet
connection in the terminal server to get around the local area network.
-Brian



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