Informer Model 207

[justin423]

Can this be used with Linux NCurses?
I was looking at buying one off ebay to use as a portable terminal to login into a UART on a single board computer running Ubuntu.

 

[Chuck(G)]

Sure--the Informer 207 is configured to emulate a VT-102.

 

[MattisLind]

Some Informer terminals do 3270 emulation. Check carefully what this specific model handels.

 

[Chuck(G)]

Okay, I'll amend my statement by saying that the Informer 207-102 is VT102 and the 207-376 is 3276 emulation, using synchronous SDLC (which I assume that you don't want). I wonder if the major difference is the ROM firmware.

 

[justin423]

ok, on a somewhat unrelated note, is a Tandy DT-100 terminal just a rebranded Wyse? They keyboard connector looks like a Wyse 10pin DIN.

 

[Chuck(G)]

Anent the 207-376, you can get it going, but it's not a simple affair. See this and subsequent posts.