Re:
> >We have been told that there is an X'Windows terminal emulator available
> >for the HP9000 that will allow block mode HP3000 applications to be run.
> >
> >I have been told it's called HP Term.
>
> Is this a joke ?
>
> Try "man hpterm"; if you use a HP9000 you are using it all the time...
> at least under VUE...
>
> --
> Ralf Hildebrandt, [log in to unmask]

As it turns out, you generally need two programs:

   vt3k
and
   hpterm


vt3k is the transport mechanism that allows a program (like hpterm) to
communicate to an HP 3000 over the network.

hpterm is an HP terminal emulator.  No...not merely "an emulator"...
hpterm is by far the worst HP terminal emulator currently available.
OTOH, it does work ... and handles block mode.


vt3k isn't on every HP 9000.  It used to be part of a addon product
(some networking product...DS?), and I don't know if it's been bundled
with HP-UX in recent versions or not.


BTW, another option is freevt3k, at the www.telamon.com web site...
it combines a vt3k and hpterm emulator, and comes with source code.

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Stan Sieler                                          [log in to unmask]
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