Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!nautilus From: nautilus@nuge113.its.rpi.edu (John M Twilley) Subject: Re: use as a terminal? Message-ID: Nntp-Posting-Host: nuge113.its.rpi.edu References: <1991May5.194805.869@husc3.harvard.edu> Date: 6 May 91 00:14:30 GMT Lines: 25 schoen2@husc9.harvard.edu (Michael Schoen) writes: >I was wondering if it is possible to plug in a notebook, via a >RS-232, for use as a terminal. THe UNIX terminals here tend to have >messed up screens and sticky keyboards. SO, can I just remove the >plug from the serial port of the terminal (a digital VT102), and put it >into my notebook? Our VT102's are connected by datalink to the main campus networks by standard telephone cable that connects to an RS-232 port. My Bondwell B200 is on that network with a 9600 baud datalink. That's why I got it. >If so, what software do I need to run as a terminal. I use MSKermit 2.32A. >Thanks for the help. >Michael A. Schoen >schoen2@husc9.harvard.edu -- |John M. Twilley (Nautilus)|"Electricity is the dangerous|Disclaimer: Take| |Internet: nautilus@rpi.edu| stuff in an extension cord."|what I say with | |BITNet: Nautilus@RPITSMTS|(paraphrased from S. Dorner) |a grain of salt.|