Once upon a time, Vince Briel made a device that looked like a RPi in a lucite case with PS/2 keyboard mouse ports plus a serial port. It emulates a VT100. I believe this is exactly what you want. Unfortunately, it is no longer made. Jim -----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> On Behalf Of Richard Cini via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2021 8:19 PM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Richard Cini <rich.cini@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] portable terminal preferences Kind of reminds me of the original Dell Mini 9. http://www.classiccmp.org/cini Long Island S100 User’s Group Get Outlook<https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS ________________________________ From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vcfed.org> on behalf of Mark Whittington via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2021 8:16:14 PM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Cc: Mark Whittington <markwhi@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] portable terminal preferences I keep one of these in my bag: https://www.gpd.hk/gpdmicropc Bought it for $310 when they were crowdfunding it, now it's $415 on aliexpress. Lots of connectivity options (including 9-pin serial and wired ethernet!) and fits in a pocket. 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. It looks like historically, the portable terminals like the TI Silent 700 series were basically superseded by portable computers (please correct me if I'm wrong). I only see a few examples of the in-between devices such as a Travelmate LT220 or a screen add-on for the Silent 700.
My current go-to is to repurpose netbooks with linux and an FTDI cable or over wifi to some hardware connection. This still seems like overkill, but seems like the most usable solution. Clearly, I can just strike up a console on my main laptop, but I like to use something other than the laptop I use for work, paying bills and other dull affairs. This should be fun, right?
I'm curious what everyone else uses to connect to their various machines. Straw poll? Thoughts?