Open source, stand alone, ASCII terminal project

[Tony Duell]

> 
> On 2 Dec 2008 at 21:31, Tony Duell wrote:
> 
> > However, a terminal should only need TxD and RxD (if it _requires_ 
> > hardware handshake, then it's not going to work with an awful lot of 
> > things that work with a real VT220). In which case all you need to be 
> > able to do is swap over those 2 pins, taking a simple DPDT switch. 
> > Sometimes a simple solution exists :-)
> 
> Why not simply use a made-for-the-purpose T-switch?  Is turning a 
> knob too difficult?

Err, isn't that what I was suggesting. A simple double-pole changeover 
switch with the fixed contacts cross-connected so as to swap TxD and RxD. 
Finding a ready-wired switch is probably a lot harder than soldering in 
those 2 links.

-tony