"qnx" terminal emulator

Dear All,

Is there a windows based terminal emulator program that supports “qnx”
terminal?

Thanks in advance

K95 (Kermit) http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html

Richard

Simon wrote:

Dear All,

Is there a windows based terminal emulator program that supports “qnx”
terminal?

Thanks in advance

Just by coincidence, we are also looking for a good qnx emulator for
windows. I’ve already checked out NetTerm, which works almost OK. I’ve
yet to see a really good emulator that supports the QNX console as if,
as it were, you were working on a real QNX console. One which interprets
ALL escape sequences, cursor movements and color management,
correctly. There always seems to be some little difference which
disrupts your screen.

I haven’t checked out kermit95 yet (although I will shortly because I
convinced my boss to buy a copy to play with, thanks to this post and
others in the past) What are your experience with K95? Also, does anyone
else know of good emulators other than K95 or NetTerm?

tnx,

rick

“Richard R. Kramer” wrote:

K95 (Kermit) > http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html

Richard

Simon wrote:

Dear All,

Is there a windows based terminal emulator program that supports “qnx”
terminal?

Thanks in advance

Rick Lake <rwlake@SPAM.REDIRECTED.TO.DEV.NULL> wrote in message
news:3A882BB7.8EF3F6CA@SPAM.REDIRECTED.TO.DEV.NULL

Just by coincidence, we are also looking for a good qnx emulator for
windows. I’ve already checked out NetTerm, which works almost OK. I’ve
yet to see a really good emulator that supports the QNX console as if,
as it were, you were working on a real QNX console. One which interprets
ALL escape sequences, cursor movements and color management,
correctly. There always seems to be some little difference which
disrupts your screen.

Have you checked out QWits (from On-Line Data)?
As far as I know, it correctly emulates all aspects of both QNX2 and QNX4
emulation.
(Except for a very few that &^%$ Windows simply does NOT allow an
application to intercept and handle - try catching ! )

(Oh, and of course the “switch to another console” sequence - how would you
implement that??! )
I no longer work for On-Line Data, so this is not a commercial plug
(although I was the original author of the program)
If there is “some little difference which disrupts your screen”, I am sure
they would like to know in order to fix it up…

Regards,
Stephen Munnings
Corman Technologies Inc.

p.s This is really not a commercial plug - I have no great desire to see
On-Line Data prosper - but if you are looking for accurate (as far as
possible) terminal emulation, that was one of the “guiding principles” I
used when developing the product.

I haven’t checked out kermit95 yet (although I will shortly because I
convinced my boss to buy a copy to play with, thanks to this post and
others in the past) What are your experience with K95? Also, does anyone
else know of good emulators other than K95 or NetTerm?

tnx,

rick

“Richard R. Kramer” wrote:

K95 (Kermit) > http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html

Richard

Simon wrote:

Dear All,

Is there a windows based terminal emulator program that supports
“qnx”
terminal?

Thanks in advance

“Steve Munnings, Corman Technologies” wrote:

Rick Lake <> rwlake@SPAM.REDIRECTED.TO.DEV.NULL> > wrote in message
news:> 3A882BB7.8EF3F6CA@SPAM.REDIRECTED.TO.DEV.NULL> …
Just by coincidence, we are also looking for a good qnx emulator for
windows. I’ve already checked out NetTerm, which works almost OK. I’ve
yet to see a really good emulator that supports the QNX console as if,
as it were, you were working on a real QNX console. One which interprets
ALL escape sequences, cursor movements and color management,
correctly. There always seems to be some little difference which
disrupts your screen.

Have you checked out QWits (from On-Line Data)?

Haven’t heard of it. I do know On-Line Data (and I always relate your
name with it)

As far as I know, it correctly emulates all aspects of both QNX2 and QNX4
emulation.
(Except for a very few that &^%$ Windows simply does NOT allow an
application to intercept and handle - try catching ! )

Well this is understandable. I’m more concerned about screen output. (We
do need some key mapping functionality, though…)

(Oh, and of course the “switch to another console” sequence - how would you
implement that??! )

This also is understandable. The logical solution is to open multiple
windows with different instances of the emulator.

I no longer work for On-Line Data, so this is not a commercial plug
(although I was the original author of the program)
If there is “some little difference which disrupts your screen”, I am sure
they would like to know in order to fix it up…

Is this QWits a stand-alone product? IIRC, On-Line Data is a whole
package with lots of QNX/Dos/Windows connectivity. Too much baggage if
your main goal is just a terminal emulator. Do you have an URL with more
info? (including pricing). An evaluation package (perhaps with a time
limit) would also be nice.

Regards,
Stephen Munnings
Corman Technologies Inc.

Thanks for your response.

[Simon: sorry for hi-jacking your thread, but I hope you also benefit
from all this.]

p.s This is really not a commercial plug - I have no great desire to see
On-Line Data prosper - but if you are looking for accurate (as far as
possible) terminal emulation, that was one of the “guiding principles” I
used when developing the product.


I haven’t checked out kermit95 yet (although I will shortly because I
convinced my boss to buy a copy to play with, thanks to this post and
others in the past) What are your experience with K95? Also, does anyone
else know of good emulators other than K95 or NetTerm?

tnx,

rick

“Richard R. Kramer” wrote:

K95 (Kermit) > http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html

Richard

Simon wrote:

Dear All,

Is there a windows based terminal emulator program that supports
“qnx”
terminal?

Thanks in advance

Rick Lake <rwlake@SPAM.REDIRECTED.TO.DEV.NULL> wrote in message
news:3A8854E2.687DA986@SPAM.REDIRECTED.TO.DEV.NULL

“Steve Munnings, Corman Technologies” wrote:

Rick Lake <> rwlake@SPAM.REDIRECTED.TO.DEV.NULL> > wrote in message
news:> 3A882BB7.8EF3F6CA@SPAM.REDIRECTED.TO.DEV.NULL> …
Just by coincidence, we are also looking for a good qnx emulator for
windows. I’ve already checked out NetTerm, which works almost OK. I’ve
yet to see a really good emulator that supports the QNX console as if,
as it were, you were working on a real QNX console. One which
interprets
ALL escape sequences, cursor movements and color management,
correctly. There always seems to be some little difference which
disrupts your screen.

Have you checked out QWits (from On-Line Data)?

Haven’t heard of it. I do know On-Line Data (and I always relate your
name with it)

Check out the back cover of the latest QNX News magazine!


As far as I know, it correctly emulates all aspects of both QNX2 and
QNX4
emulation.
(Except for a very few that &^%$ Windows simply does NOT allow an
application to intercept and handle - try catching ! )

Well this is understandable. I’m more concerned about screen output. (We
do need some key mapping functionality, though…)

AFAIK the screen output is accurate. And the key mapping was as complete and
accurate as I could get. It even supports the sequences…

(Oh, and of course the “switch to another console” sequence - how would
you
implement that??! )

This also is understandable. The logical solution is to open multiple
windows with different instances of the emulator.

Yup!

I no longer work for On-Line Data, so this is not a commercial plug
(although I was the original author of the program)
If there is “some little difference which disrupts your screen”, I am
sure
they would like to know in order to fix it up…

Is this QWits a stand-alone product? IIRC, On-Line Data is a whole
package with lots of QNX/Dos/Windows connectivity. Too much baggage if
your main goal is just a terminal emulator. Do you have an URL with more
info? (including pricing). An evaluation package (perhaps with a time
limit) would also be nice.

It is a stand-alone product. I don’t know if there is an evaluation package
or not.
On-Line has a web site - www.onlinedata.com - but they do not appear to
have any information about QWits there…

Regards,
Stephen Munnings
Corman Technologies Inc.

Thanks for your response.

[Simon: sorry for hi-jacking your thread, but I hope you also benefit
from all this.]


p.s This is really not a commercial plug - I have no great desire to see
On-Line Data prosper - but if you are looking for accurate (as far as
possible) terminal emulation, that was one of the “guiding principles” I
used when developing the product.


I haven’t checked out kermit95 yet (although I will shortly because I
convinced my boss to buy a copy to play with, thanks to this post and
others in the past) What are your experience with K95? Also, does
anyone
else know of good emulators other than K95 or NetTerm?

tnx,

rick

“Richard R. Kramer” wrote:

K95 (Kermit) > http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html

Richard

Simon wrote:

Dear All,

Is there a windows based terminal emulator program that supports
“qnx”
terminal?

Thanks in advance

Pity there’s not much info about your product. Our management looks
purely at features and pricing. The emulator must have the following
capabilities:

  • QNX terminal as accurate as possible
  • key re-mapping: (for instance, you should be able to redefine the
    numlock key)
  • secure connection (SSH)
  • optional built-in file transfer functionality (i.e. zmodem)

When I saw the K95’s feature list today, it looked very promising and
worth looking into.

We currently have an evaluation copy of another product called
Reflection. It does have key re-mapping, but it doesn’t support QNX
terminal. Besides, it’s priced much higher than kermit95 ($64.00
according to their web site). What I did was use it’s scoansi emulation
together with a scoansi terminfo (which I copied from Linux and
modified) on the QNX side. It works, more or less…

regards,
rick

“Steve Munnings, Corman Technologies” wrote:

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Have you checked out QWits (from On-Line Data)?

Haven’t heard of it. I do know On-Line Data (and I always relate your
name with it)
\

[clip]

AFAIK the screen output is accurate. And the key mapping was as complete and
accurate as I could get. It even supports the sequences…
[clip]
It is a stand-alone product. I don’t know if there is an evaluation package
or not.
On-Line has a web site - > www.onlinedata.com > - but they do not appear to
have any information about QWits there…


Regards,
Stephen Munnings
Corman Technologies Inc.

Thanks for your response.

[Simon: sorry for hi-jacking your thread, but I hope you also benefit
from all this.]

[clip]

Rick Lake wrote:

Pity there’s not much info about your product. Our management looks
purely at features and pricing. The emulator must have the following
capabilities:

  • QNX terminal as accurate as possible
    I haven’t figured out how to get K95 to display control characters,

i.e. ASCII 0-31. Other than that and the fact that the mouse doesn’t do
what a console mouse would do, it is a very faithful emulation.

  • key re-mapping: (for instance, you should be able to redefine the
    numlock key)
    It certainly appears to have this capability, although not as slick as

reflection. K95 does it by editing files.

  • secure connection (SSH)
    Yes
  • optional built-in file transfer functionality (i.e. zmodem)
    Yes, although switching on the fly is not too easy. In QNX mode you can

do H for help or X to get to command mode, but it is not
easy for me to see how to do some simple things like select a different
printer…

When I saw the K95’s feature list today, it looked very promising and
worth looking into.

We currently have an evaluation copy of another product called
Reflection. It does have key re-mapping, but it doesn’t support QNX
terminal. Besides, it’s priced much higher than kermit95 ($64.00
according to their web site). What I did was use it’s scoansi emulation
together with a scoansi terminfo (which I copied from Linux and
modified) on the QNX side. It works, more or less…

regards,
rick

“Steve Munnings, Corman Technologies” wrote:


[clip]

Have you checked out QWits (from On-Line Data)?

Haven’t heard of it. I do know On-Line Data (and I always relate your
name with it)




[clip]

AFAIK the screen output is accurate. And the key mapping was as complete and
accurate as I could get. It even supports the sequences…
[clip]
It is a stand-alone product. I don’t know if there is an evaluation package
or not.
On-Line has a web site - > www.onlinedata.com > - but they do not appear to
have any information about QWits there…


Regards,
Stephen Munnings
Corman Technologies Inc.

Thanks for your response.

[Simon: sorry for hi-jacking your thread, but I hope you also benefit
from all this.]

[clip]

Rick Lake <rwlake@SPAM.REDIRECTED.TO.DEV.NULL> wrote in message
news:3A8866BB.3369E7D@SPAM.REDIRECTED.TO.DEV.NULL

Pity there’s not much info about your product. Our management looks

Its not my product anymore!! :sunglasses:

purely at features and pricing. The emulator must have the following
capabilities:

  • QNX terminal as accurate as possible

(As far as I was able to make it do it)

  • key re-mapping: (for instance, you should be able to redefine the
    numlock key)

(Hardware might make that almost impossible to do)
(Other “normal” keys are remappable - in fact the keyboard handling -
including the compose sequences - was all table driven)

  • secure connection (SSH)

Not known - if the app has to do something special for that, then it did not
have it at the time I left

  • optional built-in file transfer functionality (i.e. zmodem)

Yes - multiple formats - even over telnet links

When I saw the K95’s feature list today, it looked very promising and
worth looking into.

By all means look into it - I was not trying to influence you into buying
QWits, just pointing out its existence.
I no longer have any personal stake in it. From all I have heard and seen,
K95 is good also (and a lot cheaper)
It is just that:
a) I have seen K95 mentioned many times in these newsgroups.
b) You have been a long time poster in these groups
so I assumed you had tried K95 and maybe found it lacking (for your
personal use) and therefore pointed out one possible alternative…

We currently have an evaluation copy of another product called
Reflection. It does have key re-mapping, but it doesn’t support QNX
terminal. Besides, it’s priced much higher than kermit95 ($64.00
according to their web site). What I did was use it’s scoansi emulation
together with a scoansi terminfo (which I copied from Linux and
modified) on the QNX side. It works, more or less…

regards,
rick

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“Steve Munnings, Corman Technologies” wrote:

Rick Lake <> rwlake@SPAM.REDIRECTED.TO.DEV.NULL> > wrote in message
news:> 3A8866BB.3369E7D@SPAM.REDIRECTED.TO.DEV.NULL> …
Pity there’s not much info about your product. Our management looks

Its not my product anymore!! > :sunglasses:

Hey you created it, so you’re the conceptual father of it and should
receive all honor :slight_smile:

purely at features and pricing. The emulator must have the following
capabilities:

  • QNX terminal as accurate as possible

(As far as I was able to make it do it)

and having a QNX background, I’m confident you did a good job at it.

  • key re-mapping: (for instance, you should be able to redefine the
    numlock key)

(Hardware might make that almost impossible to do)

what I meant was that you should be able to make it produce a
char-seqence of choice. the numlock led toggling isn’t important.

(Other “normal” keys are remappable - in fact the keyboard handling -
including the compose sequences - was all table driven)

even the compose sequences; good.

  • secure connection (SSH)

Not known - if the app has to do something special for that, then it did not
have it at the time I left

  • optional built-in file transfer functionality (i.e. zmodem)

Yes - multiple formats - even over telnet links


When I saw the K95’s feature list today, it looked very promising and
worth looking into.

By all means look into it - I was not trying to influence you into buying
QWits, just pointing out its existence.
I no longer have any personal stake in it. From all I have heard and seen,
K95 is good also (and a lot cheaper)
It is just that:
a) I have seen K95 mentioned many times in these newsgroups.

yep

b) You have been a long time poster in these groups
so I assumed you had tried K95 and maybe found it lacking (for your
personal use) and therefore pointed out one possible alternative…

A valid assumption. But it’s not for me personally. I can get by with
less (like vt100 emulation) It is for an internal “bridging” project,
where there will be a temporary hybrid network between QNX servers and
lots of W****** workstations for absolutely non-techie users.