I feel like a Raspberry Pi or similar would fit the
bill for this
nicely.
....
IMHO, the Raspberry Pi, et al. qualify here too.
Well after looking around a bit last night and my Google fu failing to provide anything
worthwhile Grant may be right i.e. there is no device that make a shell or a telnet client
available to a terminal and I will have to roll my own. I have absolutely no experience
with Raspberry Pi (or any of these mini embedded devices). Looking around it looks like a
box would set me back about $130 even if I can get all the parts:
RPi 4 w/ case, PSU, heat sinks, etc. $130 (w/ tax etc.):
https://www.ebay.com/itm/284826299524
RPi Serial HAT $26:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/284910159003
Now I am guessing the Pi 4 is overkill for what I need (text based shell running telnet or
another telnet client). So nay advice and guidance is appreciated. Thanks.
-Ali