Mastodawn

i've managed to connect to IRC using my IBM 3151 terminal! unfortunately i struggled to find any active discussions on any channels on libera.chat. i know most people just use discord these days, so i guess it's to be expected. does anyone know any channels that are usually more active?

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mjdxp 2d ago

i'm considering getting a serial to USB cable so i can more easily connect it to a modern linux computer which will increase the amount of software i can interface on this a lot more, including possibly fediverse clients which would be cool

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wyatt 2d ago

@mjdxp you'll encounter a lot of software hardcoding VT100 and even xterm sequences if you haven't already
i think maybe 3151 can emulate a vt100 so might not be a big deal, 3161 can't and even 3163 needs a cartridge for it so i have to use TERM=ibm3161

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wyatt

@mjdxp (running GNU screen can help with this because it acts like a VT100 or some descendant thereof, and it cooperates with non-VT100 terminals, so it can sort of translate stuff to make it work)