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From: spolsky-avram@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Multiple terminal emulations
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Date: 6 Oct 88 01:15:37 GMT
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In article <55861UH2@PSUVM> UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) writes:

| I regularly use three different mainframes in my work at the same time.
| I currently have three terminals in my office so that I can be logged in
| to all three.  I frequently need to capture info from one, and re-enter it
| to a program on another.
| 
| How can I do this with just ONE terminal on my desk?

Well, the critical question is, what kind of systems are they. If they
are unix systems, actually, if even one of them is a unix system, with
remote login capabilities to the other two, you can get a mac and run
Unix Windows. Then open three windows to the host, use two of them for
remote logins, and TaDa! Cut and paste, resizeable/movable windows,
and so on.

I believe that Kermit can be told to talk to any port, and I
understand it works under Microsoft Windows, so you could try a system
with three ports and three incantations of Kermit running under uSoft
Windows. However to get any level of performance I would recommend at
least a 286/386 type PC in this case. At least on my 8088, Kermit
under Windows is sloooooow..... I can't guarantee that this would all
work, maybe somebody else knows more about kermit under MS-windows
than I do.

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