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Windows 9x and UNIX communications

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Situation:
SCO UNIX V network running Wy60 terminals.
2-computer network running Windows 95 and 98
I need to have the Windows computers access an application and data residing on the UNIX server.
The Wy60 terminals are connected to the server via RJ45 cable and a DIGI-board hub.
All equipment is located in the same 2-story building within approximately 125′ of each other.
I thought of using Procomm Plus to have the windows computer emulate Wy60 terminals.

Is that a valid approach or is there something more “elegant”?

Thanks for yor help

gilles mailhiot

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Windows 9x and UNIX communications

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Procomm should do the trick, however, would think there’s a telnet client with a wy60 emulator out htere somewhere.

Mark

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Procomm Plus has a lot of overhead you won’t need but it’s a respectable, stable product and I think it would work well for you.

There is also a telnet terminal emulation package called NetTerm ($20 shareware, available on the Tucows site), that does Wyse50 emulation but I don’t know how similar that it is Wyse60. However, I have used it under other emulations and it works pretty well.

regards!

paul

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Hello Gilles,
Try TeraTerm as telnet client. It`s free (GNU GPL licence). May be you need to build termcap file entry for your terminal type.
You can find TeraTerm (sources and binaries) on http://www.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.htmlWith best regards,
Vlad.

Windows 9x and UNIX communications

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My original query was for investigative purposes mostly. This suggestion seems best suited to my needs

Windows 9x and UNIX communications

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I have been using tiny term with telnet to emulate our hp unix apps. on our win3.1 win95 and win98 machines. Works great for us. Very easy to manage as well

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Thanks for the info. I will investigate further. The need for a solution is not as pressing as it was when I posted the query.
Thanks again

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