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Sure, although originally you'd have an X Terminal (an actual dedicated terminal device running an X server, of varying levels of performance), rather than an X

Sure, although originally you'd have an X Terminal (an actual dedicated terminal device running an X server, of varying levels of performance), rather than an X server program running on your computer (i.e. an X Terminal emulator). The terminology is of course a bit counter-intuitive, since it's program-centric rather than computer-centric - the local terminal is the server and the remote computer (or rather program) is the client, utilizing the server as a display device. It's a bit like a text terminal (VT-100 etc) except of course the X terminal has a network connection., With the VT-100 if you wanted to connect to a remote system you'd have to use a modem (acoustic coupler) to dial into a terminal server on the remote system. I don't think anyone ever made a text terminal with built-in telnet and ethernet.

actionfromafar 3y ago
> I don't think anyone ever made a text terminal with built-in telnet and ethernet. Maybe not, but there were terminal servers with 10 serials ports for the glass terminals and an Ethernet connector.
- emmelaich 3y ago
  I think many diskless X terminals could do just plain telnet too if wanted.
- HarHarVeryFunny 3y ago
  For some reason I always found it fun messing with serial cables, and always had a desk draw full of various types (cross-over, gender-benders, db9-db25 etc), as well as occasionally needing to make custom ones. I still have a USB terminal server for when I want to play with old stuff like my DECTalk (VCR-sized speech synth) which has two DB-25 serial ports on it.
  - freedomben 3y ago
    I did the same thing! I actually got my first soldering iron (and learned how to use it) so that I could wire to my own connectors. Building a home-made graph-link cable for my TI-83 in particular was a fun experience, as well as a good education in what can go wrong when you mess up soldering.
p_l 3y ago
Not telnet/ethernet, but later VTs had built-in modem controls and some utilities in firmware, so you could have an AT-capable modem connected over serial port and just select what connection to dial into.

actionfromafar 3y ago

> I don't think anyone ever made a text terminal with built-in telnet and ethernet. Maybe not, but there were terminal servers with 10 serials ports for the glass terminals and an Ethernet connector.

emmelaich 3y ago
I think many diskless X terminals could do just plain telnet too if wanted.
HarHarVeryFunny 3y ago
For some reason I always found it fun messing with serial cables, and always had a desk draw full of various types (cross-over, gender-benders, db9-db25 etc), as well as occasionally needing to make custom ones. I still have a USB terminal server for when I want to play with old stuff like my DECTalk (VCR-sized speech synth) which has two DB-25 serial ports on it.
- freedomben 3y ago
  I did the same thing! I actually got my first soldering iron (and learned how to use it) so that I could wire to my own connectors. Building a home-made graph-link cable for my TI-83 in particular was a fun experience, as well as a good education in what can go wrong when you mess up soldering.

p_l 3y ago

Not telnet/ethernet, but later VTs had built-in modem controls and some utilities in firmware, so you could have an AT-capable modem connected over serial port and just select what connection to dial into.