[Activities] Activities Digest, Vol 2, Issue 10

[Mr Jeffrey L Ross]

hello, is there anyway to make the OLPC run a hyperterm? If we could get the 
OLPC to run a hyperterm we could use the OLPC for our packet radio stations.


If any of you fellows can build a hyperterm program to run in the OLPC there 
would be many ham radio operators that would be very thankful. Also this 
would be good for the older children if they ever want to get into ham 
radio.

it has the usb port to hook up to a tnc (modem)/rig  all it needs is the 
software now.

thank you in advance.

heres my telnet address I am trying to link with the OLPC: 
hamgate.muskegon.mi-drg.org


sincerly yours, kc8gkf
Jeff


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> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:15:56 -0400
> From: pgf at laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [Activities] telnet for OLPC
> To: "Mr Jeffrey L Ross" <radiooperator at comcast.net>
> Cc: activities at lists.laptop.org
> Message-ID: <2023.1221142556 at foxharp.boston.ma.us>
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> mr jeffrey l ross wrote:
> > Want to run telnet with the OLPC. I am a ham radio operator and we are
> > wanting to use the OLPC in our emergency stations. We can use them if we 
> > can
> > get a telnet program to run as a activity on the OLPC. If you can help 
> > me
> > please write radiooperator at comcast.net. tks
> > kc8gkf
>
> i think the easiest way for you to accomplish this is to start
> with a "wrapper" activity like ExecCommand:
>    http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ExecCommand
>
> you should configure it to run a shell script which runs inside
> a terminal session, all of which runs inside an xterm.
>
> e.g.
>
> -----------------
> $ cat bin/telnet_to_host
> #!/bin/sh
> while :
> do
>    echo -n "Telnet to which host?"
>    read host
>    if [ "$host" ]
>    then
> telnet $host
>    fi
> done
> -----------------
>
> and then have your activity invoke this:
>    xterm -e telnet_to_host
>
> (you'll need to "yum install xterm", since it's no longer in
> our builds by default.)
>
> paul
> =---------------------
> paul fox, pgf at laptop.org
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:23:10 -0400
> From: pgf at laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [Activities] telnet for OLPC
> To: "Mr Jeffrey L Ross" <radiooperator at comcast.net>
> Cc: activities at lists.laptop.org
> Message-ID: <2999.1221142990 at foxharp.boston.ma.us>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> two more notes, below:
>
> i wrote:
> >
> > mr jeffrey l ross wrote:
> >  > Want to run telnet with the OLPC. I am a ham radio operator and we 
> > are
> >  > wanting to use the OLPC in our emergency stations. We can use them if 
> > we can
> >  > get a telnet program to run as a activity on the OLPC. If you can 
> > help me
> >  > please write radiooperator at comcast.net. tks
> >  > kc8gkf
> >
> > i think the easiest way for you to accomplish this is to start
> > with a "wrapper" activity like ExecCommand:
> >     http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ExecCommand
> >
> > you should configure it to run a shell script which runs inside
> > a terminal session, all of which runs inside an xterm.
> >
> > e.g.
> >
> > -----------------
> > $ cat bin/telnet_to_host
> > #!/bin/sh
> > while :
> > do
> >     echo -n "Telnet to which host?"
> >     read host
> >     if [ "$host" ]
> >     then
> > telnet $host
> >     fi
> > done
>
> that script is completely untested.  but it's probably close to working.
>
> > -----------------
> >
> > and then have your activity invoke this:
> >     xterm -e telnet_to_host
>
> due to the XO screen resolution and some other factors, you'll
> want some additional arguments to xterm, to get a legible display.
> something like:
>    LANG=C xterm -fa "DejaVu LGC Sans Mono" -fs 8 +sb
> works reasonably.
>
> paul
>
> >
> > (you'll need to "yum install xterm", since it's no longer in
> > our builds by default.)
> >
> > paul
>
> =---------------------
> paul fox, pgf at laptop.org
>
>
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