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When did people stop calling them terminal emulators?

• pjmlp 4y ago
  There are only terminal emulators on UNIX clones. When Windows Terminal is running cmd or Powershell underneath, there is zero emulation going on.
  • kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
    They emulate ANSI control sequences originally intended for dumb terminals and the teletype bell.
    • pjmlp 4y ago
      Which were never a thing in MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, Amiga, Atari,...
      • LocalH 4y ago
        That's not true. MS-DOS and Amiga supported ANSI escape sequences, I remember that very clearly. Through MS-DOS, Windows and OS/2 would have had some form of support available. No clue about the ST
        • pjmlp 4y ago
          Yeah, but not as dumb terminals, hence no emulation.
      • mattl 4y ago
        There were products like Concurrent DOS, Windows Terminal Server…
        • pjmlp 4y ago
          None of them had anything to do with UNIX terminals. Ironically you even list one that is a RDP server, completly unrelated to CLI. Random Google search without diving into details?
          • mattl 4y ago
            I worked with Concurrent DOS about 25 years ago. I had heard of Windows Terminal server but I’ve barely touched a Windows computer in 20+ years.
            • pjmlp 4y ago
              Since Windows Terminal application doesn't care about Concurrent DOS ever existing, and Windows Terminal Server is actually the Windows version of X Windows based on DirectX and grown out of Citrix networking protocol, they don't apply here.
              • mattl 4y ago
                Does Windows Terminal replace HyperTerminal too? Hadn't thought about that one in a while.
                • pjmlp 4y ago
                  That thing died long ago and is completely unrelated.
                  • mattl 4y ago
                    Wikipedia says Windows 10.. but that was the previous terminal emulator in Windows, right? There was MS-DOS prompt and then cmd in NT (4?) and HyperTerminal..
      • kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
        ansi.sys would suggest otherwise.
• naikrovek 4y ago
  never. the name of this is just "Terminal" though.
• dragonwriter 4y ago
  > When did people stop calling them terminal emulators? I don’t know when, but since their features have increasingly become divorced from any terminal (other than similar software) that they might be “emulating”, it makes sense.
• digisign 4y ago
  Happens when things get ubiquitous. Color TV anyone? Self-serve gas station? Smart-phone on its way.