[Info-vax] Windows terminal revamped and open sourced

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2019-06-16 kl. 18:11, skrev Dave Froble:
> On 6/16/2019 4:30 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>> Den 2019-06-16 kl. 01:23, skrev Dave Froble:
>>> On 6/15/2019 2:44 PM, seasoned_geek wrote:
>>>> On Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 12:18:08 PM UTC-5, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> There's also that VSI isn't aiming OpenVMS at workstations and
>>>>> desktops. OpenVMS is for servers, per VSI. You only really need a
>>>>> terminal emulator if you have a graphical environment.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Actually you need a terminal emulator to reach your server.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The VT-520 sitting here seems to do a credible job ....
>>>
>>
>> An old hardware terminal such as the VT-line are today always
>> a worse solution than an termninal amulator running on your
>> everyday computer client you are using for anything else.
>> No matter if it is Windows, Linux oc Mac, they all have
>> emulators that are much better to work with than an VT520.
>>
>> Yes, VT-terminals are can be fun from an historical point of
>> view. But there is no reason to use them for real work.
> 
> I do use terminal emulators for "real work", when I actually do such.
> 
> You can read above that the issue appears to be the console, and I do not 
> use the console for "real work".  A VT terminal, useless for much else, can 
> still function as a console device.  "Wasting" a PC for such isn't reasonable.
> 

Wasting a VT terminal isn't reasoanble. Just connect your laptop
whenever you need the console. You will get built in logging of
all console trafic. Or put a small serial-to-network adapter on
the console port and just connect to it when needed.

There is absolutely no reason to try to force a use of some
old hardware such as a VT-screen.