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Re: Wanted: simple public-domain terminal GUI

#1694
From: Puffin
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 14:57
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I wrote
> I'd like to find a terminal-type interface that could sit on top of a network  
> interface of my own design.  Does anyone know of such a thing laying about  
the  
> net?  I've tried archie and manual searches of certain anon-ftp sites to no  
> avail.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have gotten a couple responses, but it seems I didn't explain myself  
properly.  Perhaps I should clarify:  what I need is a NeXT app, similar to  
Terminal or Stuart, that allows terminal-like user I/O that I can hack to put  
atop a custom interface.

Like so:
------------------User------------------
                   ^|
                   |V   Graphical User Interface
              ------------
              |    *     |    <---------------this is what I want
              ------------
                   ^|
                   |V   Line-based text  (".......\n")
-----------------NetIF------------------

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Subject: Re: Wanted:  simple public-domain terminal GUI
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