1 Nov
2007
1 Nov
'07
3:53 p.m.
This sounds similar to the WYSE WinTerm terminals. The box varies in size
but it's about the size of a small hard cover book (your idea sounds
smaller). Keyboard, monitor and mouse are separate. These are usually
powered by powered by Windows CE. I've never used one, but they supposedly
emulate a long list of terminals.
Now, if you want to emulate the *actual* terminal (i.e., the exact on-screen
font, etc.) and no fancy windows -- just raw text in various color
combinations -- that's neat.
On 11/1/07 6:43 PM, "David Griffith" <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> wrote:
I'm thinking of a device about the size of a couple CD jewel cases that
has two serial ports, a ps/2 or usb port, VGA port, power jack, and
perhaps a JTAG header concealed within. This device is a regular RS232
serial terminal. Plug in a monitor, keyboard, and something talking rs232
and you're ready to go. Inside there would be a microprocessor, some ram,
some flash, and an FPGA to take care of glue logic and talking to the VGA
port. The FPGA would be loaded with the digital schematics of a
particular terminal and its firmware, for instance, a Wyse 85 or 99GT (my
favorites). That would get you most of the usual emulations.
How hard would it be to create something like this? How much would it
cost?
Rich
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