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Article: 12816 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: Frank da Cruz <fdc@columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Nextstaion as plan9 terminal
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In article <87elowlli9.fsf@moon.mteege.de>,
Matthias Teege <9fans@cse.psu.edu> wrote:
: is it possible to use a Nextstation as a plan9 terminal?
:
You mean, like a Telnet client? Sure. The main issue is that Plan 9
uses UTF-8 character encoding but the NeXT terminal window (e.g.
Stuart) does not. But all is not lost. Use C-Kermit:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html
as your Telnet client and it will convert between UTF-8 and the local
NeXT character set if you tell it to. (The NeXT character set is like
MS Code Page 1252, but with its own unique encoding.)
You can also use C-Kermit to make serial connections to Plan 9, thru
a null-modem cable (tricky for NeXT with its two different kinds of
Din-8 connectors) or modem.
Of course C-Kermit need not run on NeXTSTEP -- it can run on practically
any UNIX-based OS that exists (or ever did, at least post-V7). Versions
are also available for Windows, VMS, etc. The Linux version would make
a better Plan 9 terminal, since UTF-8 Linux xterms are now becoming
available.
C-Kermit is also available for Plan 9, where it can be used to make
the opposite kind of connection: from Plan 9 outwards. In this case
it can convert between the remote character set (Latin-1, Latin-2,
NeXT, Japanese EUC, etc) and local UTF-8. Unfortunately the Plan 9
version only can make serial connections since nobody has ever
added networking support to it. (Anybody who'd like to do this,
please contact me -- now would be a good time, since version 8.0 is
soon to be released.)
- Frank