From: "Steve White" <jstevewhite@...>
May 12, 2005
Just bought one of the infamous $9.00 MS120s; had gotten as far as
identifying the chips involved when I found this group and
discovered that a lot of my work had been done for me. Anybody got
any input on the idea of using the MS120 as a serial console for
headless Linux machines? Does the CXNT modem chip need rs232 inputs?
There has to be VT100 code for Z80s out there somewhere. It would be
a STUNNINGLY useful piece of equipment in that role...
Any ideas?
Steve
From: John Hogerhuis <jhoger@...>
May 12, 2005
On 5/12/05, Steve White <jstevewhite@...> wrote:
f the infamous $9.00 MS120s; had gotten as far as
involved when I found this group and
had been done for me. Anybody got
120 as a serial console for
m chip need rs232 inputs?
somewhere. It would be
role...
I think CJ has done some stuff with bit banging a serial port=
using
the parallel port. But you'll need to add a level converter at least=
.
Also for cheap slabtops that make good terminals out-of-the-box
there's =
the Tandy WP-2, the Tandy 10x, Tandy 200, the Amstrad NC100,
or the Cambrid=
ge Z88 (with the serial port rewired to standard
ideally).