[ale] Text Terminals (VT525 or similar)?

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

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On Fri 2007-06-15 09:09:11 -0400, Jeff Lightner wrote:

> On a quick Google search found:
> https://webshop.hob.de/scripts/produkte.php?PHPSESSID=81a48162f11105a6e9
> d13429ca52238d
>
> They apparently sell a terminal emulator that does VT525 and is
> available for Windoze.  I also see mention on their site of Linux and
> UNIX.  Didn't delve into it but might be the way to go.  Unfortunately
> it costs $$$.
>
> Maybe with more intense Googling you can find an OSS that does it.

GNU screen will act as a terminal emulator, and has a range of
different modes to use, and can handle color, etc.

If your serial line comes into the first serial port (a.k.a. "COM1")
and runs at 115200 baud, make sure your user has r/w access to
/dev/ttyS0, and do:

 /usr/bin/screen /dev/ttyS0 115200

Any Prolific-based USB-to-Serial adapter (and many others, but the
pl2303 is pretty common) with a modern (udev-based) GNU/Linux system
will give you a /dev/ttyUSB0, if yer machine is "legacy-free".

You can also log your sessions with screen, which is a really handy
feature if your kernel is spewing error messages right before a
crash/reboot.

hth,

        --dkg
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