Article View: comp.terminals
Article #501cheap compact terminal
From: Jeffrey W. Tannehill
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 02:14
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 02:14
29 lines
1946 bytes
1946 bytes
I am interested in getting a compact, cheap terminal. I have used a Zeos laptop computer with builtin modem and it is almost perfect for my needs, however it is not mine to use regularly and it certainly has more than I need on it (the hard drive makes it heavy). I have heard of an old Radio Shack computer (I believe the Tandy 102?) which had a 40x8 character LCD built into a one piece flat panel shaped box (no folding screen panel), and that might be sufficient except that there is no modem built in. The minimal-ideal terminal I am looking for might be: LCD display at least 40x8 characters small footprint, no larger than a Zeos Laptop battery powered builtin modem at least 1200 baud some terminal software to connect to a Unix machine less than $500 price tag (new) Notice I didn't mention any OS or software or hard disk or floppy disk. Currently, I don't care about any expandability, peripherals or growth potential, as long as it will connect me to a Unix machine over a phone line. It can be a palmtop, but an internal modem must be an option. Am I asking too much (or rather too little)? Is there a market for portable notebook terminals that will fit in your brief case, but don't cost as much as the laptops that run DOS or Windows? Thanks for any info! -- /*______________________________Jeff Tannehill_______________________________* * MAIL: Duke Dept. of Computer Science Internet: jwt@cs.duke.edu * * Durham, NC 27708 USA PHONE: +1 919 660 6500 */
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<714881694@anthrax.cs.duke.edu>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!concert!duke!jwtShow Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!concert!duke!jwt From: jwt@duke.cs.duke.edu (Jeffrey W. Tannehill) Newsgroups: comp.terminals,comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.palmtops Subject: cheap compact terminal Message-ID: <714881694@anthrax.cs.duke.edu> Date: 27 Aug 92 02:14:55 GMT Followup-To: comp.terminals Organization: Duke University Computer Science Dept.; Durham, N.C. Lines: 29