Subject: | |
From: | |
Reply To: | |
Date: | Wed, 3 May 2000 13:02:14 EDT |
Content-Type: | text/plain |
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
Gary writes:
> IIRC though, QCTerm requires that you run Telnet. This may be an issue with
> your shop.
That's true. We made the decision -- actually quite some time ago -- that the
advantages of telnet were so significant that we decided that we would not
bother supporting NS/VT. While NS/VT is the historically overwhelming
communications protocol used by terminal emulators on the HP3000 today, that
usage percentage is likely to drop every year from now on out, until finally,
it becomes a rarity.
Telnet is the universal standard of the internet. Virtually all devices, even
your printers and routers, speak telnet. NS/VT, on the other hand, is
restricted primarily only to the HP3000. Having the capacity to talk to
anyone, anywhere from your terminal emulator is simply an extraordinary, a
night-and-day difference.
If you aren't using telnet yet, you'll want to at least think about it
implementing it soon.
Wirt Atmar
|
|
|