mini-ITX VT220?

[Richard]

In article <457FB813.4030008 at gjcp.net>,
    Gordon JC Pearce <gordon at gjcp.net>  writes:

> Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > On 12/13/06, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
> >> > On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 14:52 -0700, Richard wrote:
> >> > > Has anyone taken 'classic' terminal enclosures and put a Mini-ITX PC
> >> > > inside?  I was thinking an appropriately sized LCD display and the 
> >> ITX
> >> > > mobo and possibly a CD-ROM drive.
> > 
> >> Put an Ampro little board and floppy drive in it,
> >> and call it a VT220 CP/M computer   :-)
> > 
> > Or an SBC6120 and make into an all-in-one PDP-8 with a handle ;-)
> 
> Sort of requires that the VT220 works and has a keyboard, but yeah - it 
> *would* be good.
> 
> Could you make up a sticker for the front (stencil?) and label it 
> "DECMate IV"?

Yeah, I like that idea.  If you're going that route, you might as well
go whole hog and create a board that goes straight into the VT
backplane.
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