Anyone have an old dumb terminal sitting around they don't need/want? Preferably small in dimensions? :)
Kevin
On 11-05-31 1:23 PM, Kevin McGregor wrote:
Anyone have an old dumb terminal sitting around they don't need/want? Preferably small in dimensions? :)
Kevin
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Got a couple of Wyse 50s.
Later Mike
I find netbooks (or even old, obsolete laptops) are perfect for this, much more reliable than dumb terminals and considerably smaller, too. I’ve installed OpenBSD on a few ancient 486 laptops and set them up to launch screen(1) directly upon booting… and they boot faster than some of the old terminals! With netbooks, obviously you need to use a USB-to-serial adapter since none of them come with serial ports.
Surely your department has a closet full of ancient laptops that still power on?
-Adam
From: roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca] On Behalf Of Kevin McGregor Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 13:24 To: MUUG Roundtable Subject: [RndTbl] Terminal
Anyone have an old dumb terminal sitting around they don't need/want? Preferably small in dimensions? :)
Kevin
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