What it is

[These are instructions for Linux, but should be easily portable to MacOS]

1. create a new user called minitel on your machine. It's not strictly necessary, you can use an existing user, but it's safer. Otherwise use that user's name below instead of minitel.

2. Change your sshd configuration file (typically at /etc/ssh/sshd_config) to add:

Match User minitel
        ForceCommand /[path]/client.py

then restart sshd, usually sudo service sshd restart.

3. Make sure both server.py and client are executable.

4. In a terminal run server.py

5. In another terminal (at least 80x25) on the same machine, run

> TERM=vt100 ssh minitel@localhost

Type a user name and you can start typing and moving with the arrow keys

or, on a Minitel with the ESP32 dongle, set the connection to be ssh and the url to be the IP address of your PC, e.g. 192.168.0.12:22. Also select the 80-column mode.