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Article: 13529 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: "Richard S. Shuford" <shuford@list.stratagy.REM0VE-TH1S-PART.com>
Newsgroups: comp.terminals,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: pc as a terminal
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:11:11 -0400 (EDT)
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On 2002-07-12, Tobias Lindblom wrote:
>
> Is there any "terminal-emulator operating system" for x86 around?
> say.. one floppy-bootable.
> I'd like to use an old pc with only 2 MB ram as a terminal on my
> Linux server.
You didn't say what kind of terminal. If you want an X Server for
remote display of X applications (such as xterm), then I suspect that
2 megabytes of RAM is insufficient memory, although a 16-MB 486-based
PC running a minimized Linux can be used this way, as seen here:
http://www.menet.umn.edu/~kaszeta/unix/xterminal/index.html
On the other hand, if you want a character-cell screen, perhaps
emulating a VT100 or VT320 terminal, then you don't need a complex
operating system. I suggest you get plain old MS-DOS (or Lineo's
DR-DOS, or, if you are adventurous, attempt using Jim Hall's FreeDOS)
http://www.drdos.com/
http://www.freedos.org/
and then get the Kermit program for MS-DOS:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/mskermit.html
which is a good emulator of the VT100, VT320, and other types.
I have booted an old Toshiba laptop from one floppy disk and run
MS-DOS and Kermit successfully on it.
Other video-terminal resources are available via:
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~shuford/terminal_index.html
--
Richard S. Shuford
shuford(at)list.stratagy.com