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This is quite a common topic, and I think it should be included in the putative FAQ for the mailgroup. 1 This point's a platitude that may not be immediately helpful. Access by a Web browser should be a mandatory requirement for all information systems. Advantages include: * Geographical independence * OS independence * Low initial and support costs * The same application allows access to everything (including handbooks, policies, EBM in this context). 2 Ignoring 1, how is the problem from home different from the problem at work? Unless you are using physical terminals at work (as opposed to terminal emulation on a personal computer) you should use the same terminal emulation program on your home computer as you do on your work computer... 3 I don't know the details of terminal emulation packages for Windows because, as a matter of policy, we don't use Windows. (Some of the reasons are appended below. ) I'm sure you could get advice from the following: * iSoft * The Apex user group * This list * Your hospital "IT Department" * Your University Computing Support team * Google, with something like: http://www.google.com/search?q=vt320+full+Windows+emulation&ie=UTF- 8&oe=UTF-8 4 The usual reason for raising this question is to do with security and restrictions imposed by NHS organisations... Happy New Year Jonathan Cost of ownership: http://forgetcomputers.com/~jdroz/03.html And, having advocated browser-based solutions, a caution about IE and security: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/7539.html http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/6366.html http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/8984.html http://www.nwnetworks.com/iesecurity.htm On Saturday, Jan 10, 2004, at 14:11 Europe/London, Trevor Gray wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > We are shortly migrating from Telepath to Apex on our laboratory > computer. We currently dial in from home at night, weekends and bank > holidays to authorise and comment on results. For this purpose > Hyperterminal on all versions of windows is adequate as Telepath is not > very demanding. Unfortunately, Apex requires VT320 emulation with use > of function keys which hyperterm won't emulate adequately. Within > Hospital we use teraterm which operates satisfactorily for both systems > but doesn't have a dialler so cannot be used easily for dial in access. > Has anyone using Apex, or a similar system, found a terminal emulator > with dialler and function key utilisation (preferably freeware) which > solves this problem ? Alternatively, a way of using teraterm with an > external dialler, could sort the problem. Can anyone who has solved > this or a similar problem contact us to stop us re-inventing the wheel? > Systems on home computers range from Win 98 to XP and Macs! > > Many thanks. All replies direct or via mailbase gratefully accepted. > Trevor > -- > Trevor Gray > Dept. of Clinical Chemistry, > Northern General Hospital, > Sheffield S5 7AU > > 0114 271 4309 > > ------ACB discussion List Information-------- > This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical > community working in clinical biochemistry. > Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed > via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and > they are responsible for all message content. > > ACB Web Site > http://www.acb.org.uk > List Archives > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html > List Instructions (How to leave etc.) > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/