In the last days I've played with a Pico W. I'm testing with Linux, PuTTY and picocom / cu , Telnet with PuTTY and standard telnet client.
PuTTY works the best and is just fast, also with Telnet and using the internal editor.
All these programs are VT100 capable. Now I found, that connecting Rx/Tx console line from another Pico to the Pico W and use this trivial code just works, like you are using the host itself:

The editor is correct and even Autosave works.

Edit: it works with all PicoMite and of cause also over serial PC connection instead of Telnet
Edited 2026-04-01 23:25 by dddns

The title got my attention but I have no clue what we are doing with this 🤔

This is a transparent bridge and in my tests it is fast enough, that not a single character gets lost. In my example SetPin gp8,gp9,com2 is used but it can be any free com port and pair of GP's. You could attach an ESP or Arduino, send characters and/or watch the output or some other serial console based device.
The Pico W is nice because you can have the initial console via Telnet and then bridge to serial com port of your choice..