DHPOS On Dumb Terminals

grahamsw · Post by **grahamsw** » Fri May 26, 2006 10:16 pm

Okay, so i have all these older Datageneral Termanals along with some triadterms, The datagenrals can run in VT100 mode and i am not sure about the triads I can ethier connect the datagenerals with a modem cable to com1 or maybe a phone line style serial cable to a interface card that i have. I would rather use the COM port and some kind of a terminal emulator. I am just looking to ring sales, No returns, No popping cash drawers, i don't even need to print recipts now but i may be looking to later. i feel that this could be a verry useful for some people who have these terminals. By putting a interface card in you could even run 2-3-4 or even more terminals and save recourses. Please post your thoughts on this and if anyone has any experiebce with this would they please email me or contact me via another interface(IM, Email, PM etc)
Thank you in advance

grahamsw · Post by **grahamsw** » Sat May 27, 2006 6:54 pm

So i am simply asking is there any way to run a dos program on a VT100 Terminal?
Please respond

RollerBall · Post by **RollerBall** » Sun May 28, 2006 5:19 am

Sorry Graham - can't see why anyone would want to go to all the trouble of making POS work in that sort of environment when you can pick up old PII PCs off ebay for absolute peanuts.

Dumb terminals are just that - dumb. I'd chuck em all in the skip - but then that's just me. I don't like to make things harder than they need be.

Unless you're looking for a purpose in life that is - weird, but a purpose...

grahamsw · Post by **grahamsw** » Mon May 29, 2006 1:10 pm

Rollerball,
i have decided to follow your advice and i have ditched this project. I am now looking for help with siemens nixdorf equipment. See my other post

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