[Info-vax] HP open sources the Palm operating system (WebOS)

[John Wallace]

On Dec 14, 2:11 pm, Paul Sture <p... at sture.ch> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:41:49 +0100, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> > Paul Sture wrote 2011-12-14 13:00:
> >> On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:33:00 +0100, MG wrote:
>
> >>> For all the faults of the iPad and iOS, I do really miss the program
> >>> "iSSH" a lot!  It included a very capable X server and it was able to
> >>> run DECwindows with unpatched VMS V8.4 over SSH.  A very nice touch,
> >>> if I may say so.  I even have a video on my website at DR (hosted at
> >>> YouTube) demonstrating this.
>
> >> One of my friends uses his iPhone extensively for logging into servers
> >> and checking the status of out of hours jobs.  He started out by
> >> Jailbreaking it to get the apps he wanted, but last time I enquired he
> >> didn't need to do that any more.
>
> > I tested a few telnet apps for my Android (SonyEricson Xperia 10) but
> > never found anything that actualy "worked". I did get the "Username:"
> > prompt sometimes but it usualy crashed soon after that.
>
> I really wouldn't recommend telnet for logging into remote servers. I use
> ssh everywhere nowadays, even on my home LAN.
>
> Are there any decent ssh apps for Android?
>
> --
> Paul Sture

Maybe someone round here will have tried Better Terminal Emulator Pro?

It's on my "when I get a roundtoit" list (but fairly low down). It
costs a few dollars, and first attracted my attention because it's one
way of getting SIMH precompiled for Android (other ways may come for
free but involve too much effort for my available free time, e.g.
starting from source, Android SDK, etc).

And when you've got SIMH, what else can you have? You can have VAX/
VMS. Or a PDP11 and a PDP11 OS. Or... well, lots of things. I wonder
if VAXELN target environment runs under SIMH (don't see why not, but).

How silly is that.

Part of the reason it's fairly low down my list is that I like a phone
that works as a phone, primarily. I had a ZTE Blade (as a "free"
upgrade) about a year ago but after a few weeks of poor battery life,
poor touch compatibility with my fingers, poor signal handling in
marginal areas (er, Oxford to Banbury a marginal area?), poor camera,
etc I gave up. The price was right though.

Instead, I upgraded to a 2nd hand Nokia E71 (vintage 2008 or so) which
does everything I need, even gets signal between Oxford and Banbury,
has decent battery life, a keyboard, and a usable camera. Plus it runs
my paid-for TomTom for Symbian, also from a few years ago (who needs
up to date maps). But there's not much chance of the E71 running VMS
(though in principle the Nokias can do VNC, I used to have VNC on my
E65).

So, who's tried (or willing to try) Better Terminal Emulator Pro?