In the past, text terminals were widely used to facilitate human-computer interaction. If you still have such a device, you can connect it to a modern personal computer.
Instructions
Step 1
Install the Linux operating system on your computer. Using terminals in conjunction with machines running other operating systems is very difficult.
Step 2
Make sure the terminal is designed for RS-232C connection. If it uses a non-standard version of this interface, connect it to the computer through a level converter of the appropriate type. For example, if the terminal has a 5V COM port, use a MAX232 converter. If your computer does not have COM ports at all, use a USB-COM adapter, including a homemade one, on the FT232 microcircuit.
Step 3
Log in as root user. Find the line in the / etc / inittab file that starts with tty2. Place a copy of it below it, in which replace tty2 with ttyS0, if the terminal is connected to the first COM port, ttyS1, if to the second, or / dev / usb / ttyUSB0 (sometimes it is necessary to replace it with / dev / ttyACM0), if to the converter USB-COM. Set this line to the baud rate for which the terminal is designed. Save the file.
If there is no / dev / ttyACM0 device, create it with the command:
mknod / dev / ttyACM0 c 166 0
Step 4
Turn on the terminal. Reboot your computer. If you want to do without restarting it, enter the command:
init q
Step 5
If the login and password entry form does not appear on the terminal, press the enter key on it. If it still doesn't appear, check what exactly you did wrong. Try to do more detailed customization using the document, the link to which is given at the end of the article. But first check if the physical connection is correct.
Step 6
Enter your username and password, and then launch any console application. For example, the Lynx browser. In the latter case, try using it to visit any site where only Latin is used.
Step 7
If you have only one computer, and home people want to use the Internet, give them a seat at the monitor, and sit at the terminal yourself. At least you can visit English-language sites for it. You will quickly forget about conflicts over sharing a computer between family members.
