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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# This code shoud run on Python 3.10
+# def foo(x, *, y):
+import argparse
+
+# import configparser
+import logging
+import logging.handlers
+import queue
+import threading
+import time
+from functools import partial
+from typing import Callable, List, Tuple
+
+from ovms import dvidef, ssdef
+from ovms.ptd import Ptd
+from ovms.rtl import lib
+
+logger: logging.Logger
+# get a logger specific for this module
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+print_if_verbose: Callable
+
+
+def get_page_size() -> int:
+    try:
+        return lib.getdvi(dvidef.DVI__TT_PAGE, device_name="sys$input")[1]
+    except OSError:
+        return 24
+
+
+def print_internal(verbose: bool, *args, **kwargs):
+    if verbose:
+        print(*args, **kwargs, end="", flush=True)
+
+
+def ptd_reader(
+    ptd: Ptd,
+    queue: queue.Queue[str],
+    exit_reader: threading.Event,
+    exit_reader_done: threading.Event,
+):
+    global print_if_verbose
+    exit_reader_done.clear()
+    r: str | None = None
+    while True:
+        try:
+            r = ptd.read()
+        except OSError as e:
+            if e.errno != ssdef.SS__CANCEL:
+                raise
+            r = None
+        if r is not None:
+            print_if_verbose(r)
+            queue.put(r)
+        if exit_reader.is_set():
+            exit_reader_done.set()
+            return
+
+
+def wait_for_value(
+    qread: queue.Queue[str],
+    value: str,
+    ignore_case: bool = False,
+) -> str:
+    while True:
+        if value in (r := (qread.get().upper() if ignore_case else qread.get())):
+            return r
+
+
+def empty_queue(qread: queue.Queue[str]):
+    while True:
+        try:
+            qread.get_nowait()
+        except queue.Empty:
+            break
+
+
+def run(ptd_fct: Callable) -> List[Tuple[str, str]]:
+    ptd = Ptd()
+    qread: queue.Queue[str] = queue.Queue()
+    # Use to end reader thread
+    exit_reader = threading.Event()
+    exit_reader_done = threading.Event()
+    tptd = threading.Thread(
+        target=ptd_reader, args=(ptd, qread, exit_reader, exit_reader_done)
+    )
+    tptd.start()
+    wait_for_value(qread, ptd.prompt)  # wait for initial prompt
+    print_if_verbose(ptd.writeln("set process/token=ext", True))
+    wait_for_value(qread, ptd.prompt)
+    print_if_verbose(
+        ptd.writeln(f"set terminal/dev=vt100/page={get_page_size()}", True)
+    )
+    wait_for_value(qread, ptd.prompt)
+    res = ptd_fct(ptd, qread)
+    exit_reader.set()
+    while not exit_reader_done.is_set():
+        ptd.cancel()
+        time.sleep(0.1)
+    empty_queue(qread)
+    tptd.join()
+    return res
+
+
+def main():
+    def run_cmd(
+        cmd: str,
+        ptd: Ptd,
+        qread: queue.Queue[str],
+    ) -> str:
+        print_if_verbose(ptd.writeln(cmd))
+        wait_for_value(qread, ptd.prompt)  # wait for prompt
+        return f"{cmd} executed"
+
+    global print_if_verbose
+    args: argparse.Namespace
+    logging_format = "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
+    logging.basicConfig(filename="/dev/null", level=logging.INFO, format=logging_format)
+    main_log = logging.getLogger()  # root handler
+    main_log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Ptd demo")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-c",
+        "--command",
+        type=str,
+        dest="command",
+        help="Command to execute",
+        default="show sys/noproc",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v",
+        "--verbose",
+        help="increase output verbosity",
+        dest="verbose",
+        action="store_true",
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    print_if_verbose = partial(print_internal, args.verbose)
+    ptd_fct = partial(run_cmd, args.command)
+
+    r = run(ptd_fct)
+    print(r)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()