In this video, I'll go over the basic concept of hardware terminals, what you'll need to connect to a Wyse Wy-55 terminal, and some of the cool things you can do with one. It's surprisingly useful…if monochrome is your thing!
The commands you will need:
ls /dev/*USB* (finds USB devices, displays ttyUSB device number)
sudo systemctl activate [email protected] (replace /"0/" with the device number from before, assuming you are systemd)
From there, a simple reboot and hopefully your terminal will be recognized!
And here are some useful links for the things I refer to in the video:
Debian Raspberry Pi page, including instructions: https://raspi.debian.net/
Rainbow Stream (terminal tweet): https://github.com/orakaro/rainbowstream
The tweet I sent from my terminal during the video: https://twitter.com/VKCsh/status/1437254268050935814
Also, everything I learned about Getty I learned on Arch Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Getty/
Finally, I borrowed a photo of an old library terminal from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dynix-Main-Menu-via-Telnet.jpg
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