[Info-vax] Reverse telnet to a terminal emulator?

[Snowshoe]

On 7/21/2011 9:24 AM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article<j08oo4$mfh$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm<jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>  writes:
>> Snowshoe wrote 2011-07-20 23:44:

>>> Right now, it allocates and talks to a hardwired serial port.
>>
>> OK. I read that as a serial port on a terminal-server. But you
>> are actualy talking about a physical serial port on the VMS
>> server itself !? Whoa, that was a long time ago... :-)
>
> Which is why I'd suggested the pseudo-terminal.  The application can
> speak to a "hard-wired FTAn:" device and the PeeCee terminal emulator
> can connect, via TELNET some port, to the reader side.

If the PC has to actively telnet at all, it's easier to do what Jan-Erik 
suggested, create a TNAx: by logging in and accessing it. No programming 
necessary except some DCL.

>  However, the
> lack of a $QIO interface -- that the OP seems hell bent on issuing --
> will preclude this from being part of a solution. The pseudo-terminal
> works just fine for DECterms but this retentive luddite doesn't think
> it's VMSish enough for him.
>

Now you're getting silly. Besides, as I mentioned a few times I already 
adapted a pseudoterminal program for another part of this system, and it 
works fine and I am quite happy with it.