On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 7:01 PM ☼ wil lindsay ☼ via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I've found myself continually searching for a portable (preferably backlit) dedicated terminal/telnet device for various projects.
Do you need a full-sized keyboard? Do you need 80x25? If not... one hack I've done is to run a terminal emulation program on a Palm Pilot V with its powered dock (or a Palm III on battery with a sync cable for short-term use). I've used that in the field to connect to a Cisco router and fix a configuration problem. It's definitely not a general purpose portable terminal solution, but it does work for some applications, especially if you aren't going to be typing a lot (since you have to graffiti everything). If you want something the size of a small laptop, yeah... get a small laptop - Chromebook or something like that.