modern serial terminal

[Grant Stockly]

>I don't see why not.  It would start to resemble a Commodore One that way.
>Hmm... Ditch the dedicated CPU and make the FPGA into whatever CPU is
>needed for the particular terminal.

If you really want a hardware solution then this

http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?Prod=S3BOARD&Nav1=Products&Nav2=Programmable

Would be a great platform.  I have acting as a 6809 at 12MHz.  Just 
plug in a PS2 keyboard, VGA monitor, and load paper tape images 
through the seial port.

I would rather have an embedded single board computer running 
linux.  You could get one of those for $200.

Grant