> considering the cost of small quantity for these displays, why not
> just use a small pda with a serial port as a terminal? a palmos
> device could function as a terminal with it's onscreen keyboard.
>
> or for kb input, an older palmtop capable of 80x25, such as an hp
> 100/200lx
I found my old 95LX in a drawer, the other day. Beautiful design,
and it ran for days on 2 common batteries...none of this infoLithium
stuff.
> I don't know if the new palm zire has a serial port, but it may be
Why would you use a full fledged computer as a terminal to talk to
a computer? Unless the server in your backpack offers something
that the palmtop doesn't, at which point you might use the Palm
as a thin client network terminal, rather than ASCII or VT text
only.
(Much as I detest it, WinCE is designed to function as a thin client
terminal on some rather sophisticated networks)
Anyway, given a higher end palmtop like an iPaq running LINUX,
couldn't you just do away with the backpack server, and in the
process eliminate bulk, weight, and battery requirements?
-- Chuck Knight
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