Open source, stand alone, ASCII terminal project

[Chuck Guzis]

On 1 Dec 2008 at 16:52, Mr Ian Primus wrote:

> Monochrome monitors will almost universally (except for the very low
> quality) give legible 80 column text. I've even gotten legible 80x25
> text out of a $20 portable black and white 5" TV, although the
> contrast/brightness controls had to be just so.

Ah, thanks for the clarification.  My mind was telling me that we 
were talking about a monochrome terminal (never used anything else, 
so I'm stuck like a fly in amber).

If it's a simple monochrome monitor that you're after, there's a very 
simple one in one of the Atmel app notes that can be implemented in a 
single AVR ATMega8 micro.  

Cheers,
Chuck