[SunRescue] smallest portable vt100?

[Jonathan Sadler]

> You could go very small, like the IBM PC110 (486 palmtop, TFT screen), but
> that tends to cost about $400-500 for a decent kit, or something
> inexpensive, like a 386 laptop - but the 386 laptop would require you to
> most likely buy/rebuild the battery pack, bumping cost up to over your $150
> threshold.

I use an Epod (now found on fleebay for ~$200) with an external USB keyboard (an addl $35). Even with
the 8.2" DSTN LCD screen I am getting about 8 hours of battery life per charge... Since it runs
Windows CE, it can function as a palm-style device.  Accepts PCMCIA Ethernet cards (including 802.11b)
allowing high speed networking.  Also has a SSH client, ie4, and VNC client allowing me to do almost
all of my sys admin work from my easy chair... :^)

Best part -- someone is working on a NetBSD port ;^)

Jonathan Sadler