On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 6:33 AM, Tony Duell via cctalk <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Carlo Pisani via cctalk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am building my own VT100 terminal (FPGA project), and it will be > > laptop-shape :P > > Trend Data System (the company that made some very nice paper tape readers > made/sold such a terminal many years ago. There were at least 2 versions, > one > did 5 bit ('Baudot', 'Murray' (although it's actually neither), > ITA2..), the other was > a VT100-a-like. The display was LCD which could be folded over the keyboard > when not in use. It needed an external 12V supply (I don't think there was > ever an internal battery version). > > It was very close to a real VT100, even the setup options were identical. > > -tony > TI made a clamshell portable VT220-compatible terminal with an LCD screen, the Travelmate LT220. It's very nice, the LCD is high-contrast (but no backlight) and it even has a built in 2400bps modem. I believe it can run off of a battery as well. It's very handy. There's a picture of one near the bottom of this page: http://ummr.altervista.org/sistemi_x86.htm - Josh
