31 Jul
2007
31 Jul
'07
10:51 a.m.
On 7/31/07, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 31 Jul 2007 at 1:11, woodelf wrote:
Hmm... that does sound interesting. A 320x200 LCD panel isn't
expensive (I have several raw ones on hand w/touch sensors), and could
be driven to 80 cols w/a 3x5 font (as was once used to give the C-64
"80 columns"). A "really cheap" terminal could be an older Palm
Pilot
running one of the extant terminal emulators, sharing a new enclosure
with the PDP-8 board, attached internally via TTL serial.
All of it (8K+) with serial I/O to boot is my
guess.
That was my thought. Why fool with IM6120s when you fit the durned
thing in a teacup? How about a handheld 8/i? Maybe a few MB of CF
for storage and an LCD display for a terminal... Might make an interesting coversation piece.
I think a 12-bit hand-held would be pretty cool.
-ethan