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Well... terminal emulators. Bonus points to everyone who has an actual VT240 on their physical desktop.

LoganDark 4y ago
> Bonus points to everyone who has an actual VT240 on their physical desktop. Bonus points to anyone who can find one and get it to work. I want one, but it's a huge investment (both in price and effort)
- chasil 4y ago
  The MAME emulator will actually run a VT260 rom, allowing the emulated serial port to be output to a socket.
  - Datagenerator 4y ago
    Are guides available on how to setup and use? Edit: Found this https://zork.net/~st/jottings/Real-VT102-emulation-with-MAME.html https://zork.net/~st/jottings/Real-VT102-emulation-with-MAME...
    - chasil 4y ago
      Here are a bunch of URLs that I collected for the VT240. http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/ http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/ https://github.com/larsbrinkhoff/terminal-simulator/issues/1 https://github.com/larsbrinkhoff/terminal-simulator/issues/1 https://www.mail-archive.com/simh@trailing-edge.com/msg09086.html https://www.mail-archive.com/simh@trailing-edge.com/msg09086... https://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=117474 https://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Num... https://simh.trailing-edge.narkive.com/qgzCvrl8/dec-vt-emulators-on-mame https://simh.trailing-edge.narkive.com/qgzCvrl8/dec-vt-emula... The command that I ended up using was: mame -rp . vt240 -window -nothrottle -host null_modem -bitb socket.foo.com:23
  - G3rn0ti 4y ago
    MAME is just crazy. I only learned recently it contains the best Sega Genesis emulator and now you tell me it does terminal emulation, too.
- dingosity 3y ago
  Yikes. Yeah. Went on ebay thinking they couldn't possibly be THAT expensive. I was wrong. I wonder if there's a market for a $200 VT420 clone built with a FPGA that has a USB connection for a keyboard and a HDMI connector for a monitor?

> Bonus points to everyone who has an actual VT240 on their physical desktop. Bonus points to anyone who can find one and get it to work. I want one, but it's a huge investment (both in price and effort)

chasil 4y ago
The MAME emulator will actually run a VT260 rom, allowing the emulated serial port to be output to a socket.
- Datagenerator 4y ago
  Are guides available on how to setup and use? Edit: Found this https://zork.net/~st/jottings/Real-VT102-emulation-with-MAME.html https://zork.net/~st/jottings/Real-VT102-emulation-with-MAME...
  - chasil 4y ago
    Here are a bunch of URLs that I collected for the VT240. http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/ http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/terminal/ https://github.com/larsbrinkhoff/terminal-simulator/issues/1 https://github.com/larsbrinkhoff/terminal-simulator/issues/1 https://www.mail-archive.com/simh@trailing-edge.com/msg09086.html https://www.mail-archive.com/simh@trailing-edge.com/msg09086... https://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=117474 https://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Num... https://simh.trailing-edge.narkive.com/qgzCvrl8/dec-vt-emulators-on-mame https://simh.trailing-edge.narkive.com/qgzCvrl8/dec-vt-emula... The command that I ended up using was: mame -rp . vt240 -window -nothrottle -host null_modem -bitb socket.foo.com:23
- G3rn0ti 4y ago
  MAME is just crazy. I only learned recently it contains the best Sega Genesis emulator and now you tell me it does terminal emulation, too.
dingosity 3y ago
Yikes. Yeah. Went on ebay thinking they couldn't possibly be THAT expensive. I was wrong. I wonder if there's a market for a $200 VT420 clone built with a FPGA that has a USB connection for a keyboard and a HDMI connector for a monitor?