[rescue] NCD Explora 700 Software

[Mike Dombrowski]

ftp.ncd.com/pub/ncd/Archive/Binaries/Solaris/NCDwareV5.1.140.1_
Solaris_bin.tar.Z has something but as I do not have my terminal 
yet I am unable to test. If this is not the real software and anybody 
has this I would be willing to set up a ftp mirror. I'm also looking for 
docs. Neoware is also an evil vendor, $300 for the CD really sucks. 
Too bad the HP X-Terms aren't as nice as the NCDs from what I've 
seen, I really want 1024x768 16bit. On a related note, how do you 
work with the serial/parallel ports that X-Terms often come with? Is 
there a general platform-independant interface for controlling these? 
Ideally I'd love to hook up my EEPROM programmer to an X-Term.

Mike

> Catching up to this a bit late.
> 
> Requests for "NCDware" come up on the list now and then - it is
> frustrating, because there seem to be a lot of abandoned NCD terminals
> out there destined to become doorstops or worse. NCDware isn't free,
> though lots of other things may be on the NCD ftp site. An ancient
> X-terminal isn't worth $US300 or so to me, anyhow.
> 
> In contrast, HP has put Envizex software up for download. If you have
> a chance to rescue one of those, they should be useable as HP provides
> the needed software bits.