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From: dcall@amadeus.WR.TEK.COM (Dale Call)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Accessing non-Apollo systems over Ethernet
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Date: 13 Jul 90 18:15:41 GMT
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Reply-To: dcall@amadeus.WR.TEK.COM (Dale Call)
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We have a network with Vaxen, Suns, and Apollos with the Apollo
token-ring bridged over to the main Ethernet.  The folks on the Apollos
run particular applications on one of the Vaxen (running Ultrix).

The Question:  What is a good method for an Apollo user to access the
Vaxen over the net?  Right now, they use telnet running under Apollo's
vt100 emulation tool.  There is a major problem with this - the vt100
emulator does a poor job, getting confused frequently.

Does anyone have one of the following:
    1. A termcap entry that works with the Apollo vt100 tool.
    2. A way to use a regular Apollo window (termcap, advice, anything).
    3. A public domain terminal emulator (vt100 preferred, but not required).
    4. Some commercial software package that addresses this problem.

Can you plug a standard terminal into a serial port on a DN3000 class
machine, login to the Apollo, then telnet?

Any other suggestions?  Any advice will be appreciated.  The Apollo
systems are now running Sys10 (I'm not sure which sub-release).

Please reply via email.

Dale Call
dcall@amadeus.wr.tek.com