[geeks] Small serial terminal
Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Mon Feb 17 20:28:44 CST 2003
Okay. I'm looking for something along the lines of "smallest possible
AC and/or battery-powered VT100 compatible serial terminal".
Having a P3 laptop as a serial terminal is overkill, having a Televideo
950 is overkill size and power-wise.
I've got a Jornada PocketPC at work, but the screen and keyboard is too
small (has to scroll to do 80x25).
I'd like to avoid using a laptop for this purpose, unless its something
small that I can boot off a floppy (and not have to power the HD).
I saw a small dedicated serial terminal on eBay once; had all the comm
functionality in ROM and had no removable media... but I forgot the
name of it after I lost the auction.
Saw some plasma/LCD (orange! woo!) VT320-compatible units on the net
once too, but they were above my price range.
Suggestions? I need one of the below:
a. flat-panel or similar, uses normal LKxxx keyboard or PS2 keyboard,
AC power, for use at home in space-limited situations. VT100 or
better emulation.
b. Portable. Needs to have decent usable keyboard and screen that
handles 80x25 display, with 9600 8N1 serial. VT100 or better
emulation.
Bill
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bill bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
austin, texas
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