Open source, stand alone, ASCII terminal project

[David Griffith]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Doc Shipley <doc at mdrconsult.com> wrote:
> >  I'm stoked about it.  I do a lot of service work on headless systems, and
> > not having to haul a[n old] laptop around for a serial terminal will be a
> > huge boon.  There's a keyboard just about anywhere, and I envision  a
> > "production" model with, say, a 5" LCD in the case, running on batteries.
> >  Literally a shirt-pocket terminal.
>
> If you know of a smallish VGA LCD, that'd be great.  I myself have
> nothing smaller than about 12", larger than my Planar ELT-320
> terminals.
>
> I like it because you can show up on site with just the pocket-sized
> box and a wall-wart, and use available resources (kb and monitor)
> rather than hauling them around.  Also, as a bonus, it'll work with
> many KVMs for longer-term installations.

I seem to recall talking about this sort of thing around a year ago.

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David Griffith
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