On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 3:19 AM, tony duell <a...@p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: > [HP Palmtops, 95LX etc] >> Oh those look pretty good; I love the terminal emulator in ROM; >> doesn't even need an OS, switch it on and it works; that's one of the >> things I'm after. Shame about the rather nasty looking monochrome LCD > > Actually, there is an OS -- MS-DOS -- and it's in ROM too. Along with a text > editor, address book thingy, HP financial calculator (19B-II a-like, it does > have a > 4 level stack RPN mode) and Lotus 1-2-3. I've never needed to use an > application > other than the ones in ROM on these machines. > > The terminal emulator has a VT100 mode (which seems to work reasonably > well). And plain text, Xmodem and kermit file transfers. I've used it to > download > a file from one machine, then carry the palmtop to a different room and upload > said file to a different machine if it would be impractical to run a cable. > > It is certainly a machine worth considering even if it doesn't meet all your > requirements at the moment... > > -tony
Well I had forgotten I had pretty much what I was looking for in the Corestore collection already! http://www.corestore.org/terms.jpg Two terminals the size of small pizza boxes using external VGA displays. On top, an IBM 3483 coax 3270 terminal, on the bottom a DEC VT525 serial terminal. Now all I need is to find VGA LCD displays about the size of those boxes - say 10" or 12" diagonal, suggestions??? - and maybe a few more terminals - and we're pretty much in business! I still love my VT52s and VT100s and 3278s, but I have space considerations too for some of these applications! :-) Thanks! Mike
