[Info-vax] Last Call for (New) DEC VT Terminals

[Simon Clubley]

On 2015-06-27, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> On 2015-06-27 16:19:49 +0000, johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk said:
>> I think CDE's open source these days. Does it include a terminal 
>> emulator worth looking at?
>
> The xterm implementation is one of the better.  There's a vttest tool 
> available for those that are interested in trying out the emulations.
>

Even better is trying to use the emulator with a VMS system :-)

>> Anyone know what the licencing status of DECterm is these days?
>
> Beyond closed-source and comparatively outdated?
>

The UI is outdated, but the emulation engine in DECterm (if it was
open sourced) could serve as the basis for a new emulator. Likewise
for VTstar.

Simon.

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