I was thinking more of the HP200LX price point when I made my comment. However, I would say that is still too expensive. You still need the serial adapter which usually adds at least another $30 to the cost and for what? You get an old device with no support for modern HW and limited ability to run SW. Now I am not bashing the HP LX series. They are great pocket DOS machines, which is all you need for a simple VT100 terminal app, so they will get the job done. However, for possibly less money, an android tablet gives you faster HW, modern networking (wifi), a better screen, more storage, and access to much more SW. -Ali p.s. The caveat is of course if you get something like the Gemini. That looks like a very nice machine but at 599 British pounds I rather get a Sony UX series and have a real PC or the HP LX200. The key, at least for me, is finding a no name Android tablet w/ the basics that runs Android 7 or above at that $50 to $75 price point.

On Sep 10, 2018, at 12:18, Al Kossow wrote: This makes me wonder how much serial dongle you?re willing to screw around with. 2001?s Toshiba laptop with Windows Me (Harder) came with no serial ports except the USB kind (in spite of the specifications given on the seller?s web page). It did have two PCMCIA slots in which I installed PCMCIA serial cards. Yes, two, I sometimes used it as a pass-through monitor for SLIP/PPP traffic. I like the HP 200LX for portable serial terminal purposes, and have never stretched the built-in Datacomm app?s VT100 emulation to the point of noticing incorrect emulation. But it meant having to carry at least the peculiar cable that brought its port out to DE9S (suitable for connection to PC/AT serial port), and probably a couple DE9P-to-DB25 adapters (for ?printer? and ?modem?), and maybe a breakout box too. I liked the 100LX too. Similar hardware and software. I cannot recall any improvements to the Datacomm app in the 200LX. The 95LX has two problems. It?s basically a three-wire serial interface with no hardware flow control. And it is designed to run on battery power, and it shows sometimes. I had trouble getting it to work with a Telebit Qblazer (also battery-powered) until I got out the soldering iron and made up a single adapter to go between the two instead of a chain or two or three adapters. One side or the other or maybe both just didn?t have enough oomph to punch through all those connectors. -Frank McConnell

does, by any chance, anyone happen to have the tektronix tekxpress v8.1 firmware for their xp4xx terminals? Il giorno mar 11 set 2018 alle ore 10:23 Liam Proven via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> ha scritto:

I think if I was in need of a portable vt100 terminal I?d use either my Raspad (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/35410622/raspad-raspberry-pi-tablet-fo…) for full out Geek mode or (far more reliable) a small Chromebook as long as I can get a serial to USB adapter to work. Chromebooks have long battery life and are reasonably cheap. Also come in various sizes (my current one is a 15? as I need a large screen to see things?). Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies at kerberos.davies.net.au Melbourne | "If soccer was meant to be played in the Australia | air, the sky would be painted green"