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Telnet for DG

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From: Andrew Luck
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 21:32
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Again, my thanks to all those folks that have been help helpful with the
elementary questions that I've has so far.

I have been supplied various termcap and terminfo files for using
Data General terminals with Unix boxes in the corporation, and they
seem to work just fine.

	viz:	Someone at a Data General terminal connected via serial
		line or terminal switch is logged into a Data General
		miniframe and needs access to a Unixbox. So they 
		"telnet machinename" to the Unixbox, use a "setenv TERM
		terminalname" to tell the Unixbox what type of terminal
		they are, and then go to work.

		Basicallty, the connection method and type between the 
		terminal and the Unixbox becomes immaterial.

We also have in-house terminal emulation software so that all of our PCs can
talk the the Data General via serial connections and/or terminal switches.


What I am still looking for is a solution to the following scenario:

	Someone is on a PC or logged into a Unixbox as a VT100 or other
	non-DG terminal type.  This person needs to work in the Data General
	AOS/VS v7.65 enviornment to do WordPerfect, 20/20, or some other
	application running on the Data General which requires a Data General
	terminal type (D200..D470,etc.).

	GIVEN:	NO CONNECTION EXISTS BETWEEN THE TERMINAL AND THE DATA GENERAL
		***EXCEPT*** A TELNET (TCP/IP) (ethernet) CONNECTION.

I am looking for a TCP/IP-based connection for the Data General which
can communicate/translate to DG-based applications. It would appear 
based upon our research to this point that the limitation is in the telnet
implementation on the Data General (has "hardcopy only" terminal emulation").

Any products you purvey or leads you can give me to break through this
barrier would be very seriously considered.

Thanks for your interest.
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