[geeks] Re: [rescue] Small serial terminal

[Koyote]

Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> writes:

> 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).


do you mean one of the 720 machines? (or 320, 680, etc.) with a built in
keyboard? that is what I use, and the scrolling is a need.

for full 640x480 you could get a jornada 820. cheap, looooooooong
battery life, good machine. (aside from the silly windows CE)

I wish someone would come up with a ROM *nix for these machines

-Christof




> 
> 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
> 
> -- 
> bill bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> austin, texas
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