terminal emulator for linux desktop?

#1

I'm trying to move some of my salespeople from green screens to a
windowing environment, probably KDE on linux desktop. All they need
outside of access to the pick application is openoffice, a browser, and
e-mail.

What recommendations are there for terminal emulation and Pick - PC file
transfer? I'm still using Pkharmony on some old DOS PC's (a 286) and I
like that, but either my salespeople will never have to do a PC - Pick
transfer or they'll need something a whole lot easier to use. Will
Accuterm lite run under Linux?

Bruce Ackman

#2

Whats wrong with good old `telnet' ?, & You could use SaMBa to do the file
transfers!

"bruce ackman" <bjackm (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote

Quote:

I'm trying to move some of my salespeople from green screens to a
windowing environment, probably KDE on linux desktop. All they need
outside of access to the pick application is openoffice, a browser, and
e-mail.

What recommendations are there for terminal emulation and Pick - PC file
transfer? I'm still using Pkharmony on some old DOS PC's (a 286) and I
like that, but either my salespeople will never have to do a PC - Pick
transfer or they'll need something a whole lot easier to use. Will
Accuterm lite run under Linux?

Bruce Ackman

#3

bruce ackman wrote:

Quote:

I'm trying to move some of my salespeople from green screens to a
windowing environment, probably KDE on linux desktop. All they need
outside of access to the pick application is openoffice, a browser, and
e-mail.

What recommendations are there for terminal emulation and Pick - PC file
transfer? I'm still using Pkharmony on some old DOS PC's (a 286) and I
like that, but either my salespeople will never have to do a PC - Pick
transfer or they'll need something a whole lot easier to use. Will
Accuterm lite run under Linux?

I'm quite fond of PuTTY...

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Luke

#4

A massive thread has been running on this topic and various
digressions for a few weeks. Google for the history.

T

bruce ackman <bjackm (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote:

Quote:

I'm trying to move some of my salespeople from green screens to a
windowing environment, probably KDE on linux desktop. All they need
outside of access to the pick application is openoffice, a browser, and
e-mail.

What recommendations are there for terminal emulation and Pick - PC file
transfer? I'm still using Pkharmony on some old DOS PC's (a 286) and I
like that, but either my salespeople will never have to do a PC - Pick
transfer or they'll need something a whole lot easier to use. Will
Accuterm lite run under Linux?

Bruce Ackman

#5

bruce ackman wrote:

Quote:

I'm trying to move some of my salespeople from green screens to a
windowing environment, probably KDE on linux desktop. All they need
outside of access to the pick application is openoffice, a browser, and
e-mail.

What recommendations are there for terminal emulation and Pick - PC file
transfer? I'm still using Pkharmony on some old DOS PC's (a 286) and I
like that, but either my salespeople will never have to do a PC - Pick
transfer or they'll need something a whole lot easier to use. Will
Accuterm lite run under Linux?

Bruce Ackman

There's also a product called Term For Linux, marketed by Century
Software. As I recall, it was a bit pricey.

--
Bob Little
Graphik Dimensions, Ltd.
High Point, NC

#6

bruce ackman wrote:

Quote:

What recommendations are there for terminal emulation and Pick - PC file

Try setting up an application link on the KDE desktop, and in the
application tab in the command field, put:

konsole -e telnet 01.234.567.89

putting in your own ip address, of course. Set the terminal emulation
type on your Pick system to "ansi".

Art

#7

Luke Webber wrote:

Quote:

I'm quite fond of PuTTY...

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Luke

Are there any special features that distinguish putty from native xterm,
or konsole telnet?

Art

#8

Art Martz wrote:

Quote:

Luke Webber wrote:
I'm quite fond of PuTTY...

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Are there any special features that distinguish putty from native xterm,
or konsole telnet?

SSH. Useful for remote access.

Luke

#9

Luke Webber wrote:

Quote:

Art Martz wrote:

Luke Webber wrote:

I'm quite fond of PuTTY...

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Are there any special features that distinguish putty from native
xterm, or konsole telnet?

SSH. Useful for remote access.

Luke

Do I understand correctly that ssh will not work in a nailed telnet
environment? Or at least not with D3's telnet server?

Art