modern serial terminal

[Zane H. Healy]

At 3:43 PM -0700 11/1/07, David Griffith wrote:
>I'm thinking of a device about the size of a couple CD jewel cases that
>has two serial ports, a ps/2 or usb port, VGA port, power jack, and
>perhaps a JTAG header concealed within.  This device is a regular RS232
>serial terminal.  Plug in a monitor, keyboard, and something talking rs232
>and you're ready to go.  Inside there would be a microprocessor, some ram,
>some flash, and an FPGA to take care of glue logic and talking to the VGA
>port.  The FPGA would be loaded with the digital schematics of a
>particular terminal and its firmware, for instance, a Wyse 85 or 99GT (my
>favorites).  That would get you most of the usual emulations.
>
>How hard would it be to create something like this?  How much would it
>cost?

Just buy an HP Think Client.  Older models show up on eBay for ~$100. 
Out of curiousity, does anyone have experience with the HP Thin 
Clients?  I've been thinking about getting either a VT525 or one of 
the HP Thin Clients.

BTW, from where I'm sitting the most important thing is how such a 
device handles the keyboard, I need the keypad to act right when I'm 
in VMS.

Zane
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