Clifford wrote:

>I have started to write a custom telnet client which would do quite a
>bit more than just telnet.  The problem is that the telnet side causes
>the HP 3000 to crash.

Well, I have been using a Java based Telnet Client package (freeware)
for various experiments (like wrapping simple MPE server programs with
a Swing GUI) in the past, and haven't suffered a crash so far. So it
seems to be doable with telnet (maybe with current patches).

Bruce replied:

>It's documented in HP's _NS Message Formats_ manual, part number
>91790-61024. The best place to learn about NS/VT, barring access to HP
>source code, is probably the FreeVT3K source code, which currently lives
>on the Telamon web server.

Hmmm, my rusty old bookmarks also refer to http://www.anime.net/freevt3k/

Lars.