Subject: Re: HFS utilities & wy60 emulation
To: Michael R Zucca <mrz5149@cs.rit.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/31/1997 12:36:07
> Are you good with coding? Do you have any info on the Wyse60 command set
> (like in a Wyse 60 or compatible manual)?
> 
> If the answer to both questions is yes then you could take a copy of dt
> and modify the terminal emulation code to support Wyse60 commands.
> 
> The code in dt is basically a bunch of if/thens based on the character input
> and should be pretty easy to modify to handle a different kind of emulation.
> Of course, this assumes that Wyse terminals don't do anything, say, a VT100
> couldn't. If you need something like that you'll also need to tamper with
> the graphics code which is much more cryptic.

A flexable way to do this would be to map all of the Wyse60 commands onto
termcap functions. Then you could use the termcap routines (and whatever
the TERM variable was) to support emulation.

That way you do all the work once, and it'll work for most any terminal.

Take care,

Bill