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From: Igor2 <igor2@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

I have a problem and I think you are the one who could help me.

I am a happy owner of an 8086 laptop from the 80's. It's a real XT so none
of my normal operating systems would boot on it. Actually it has a
hardwired ROM DOS and it boots only that, nothing from the floppy disk.

Besides I am a collector and it's a cool toy to have, I decided to find
some purpose for this nice machine. It has no moving parts so it's very
silent and in hardware suspend mode it consumes nearly zero energy, I
decided to have it as a terminal. I have a nice Linux server with several
serial lines available, I can solder a 3 wire serial line any time and I
alreayd have some of those hooked up on the box.

However, I couldn't find a good terminal program for DOS. The
requirements:
 - well documented, easy to set up for the direct connection (no modem, no
dialing)
- small (fits on a floppy disk, but ideally only a few k long COM)
- provides 80x25 full screen vt100 (I don't want status line, menu line
or other decoration to take space away from the terminal)
- stability (I want to leave it there connected for days without needing
to restart or reload)
- runs on XT (8086 instruction set, limited amount of ram)
- 100% usablity (no registration, no demo)

Preferences:
- acceptable license (open source at least)
- I don't need session handling (I run screen on the server)
- it's no problem if it's b&w (the hardware doesn't have colour anyway)

If you know terminal programs that fulfill all requirements, please give
me the names/urls.

TIA

Igor2

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