That's what I would say if using an sbc (pi) instead of a microcontroller (arduino). But even these microcontrollers are more powerful cpus and have more ram than the host machine in this case, but then again, ever since day one, peripherals have always had their own cpus that were at least the equivalent of the host if not more, especially disk drives, modems, and printers. So, no not really.
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 4:34 PM Jeff Gonzales <[email protected]> wrote: > at this point is the m100 just a keyboard/dumb terminal? > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 4:31 PM, c646581 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have a project that uses an Arduino Mega to emulate a TPDD. >> >> https://github.com/TangentDelta/SD2TPDD >> >> I have plans to eventually sell easy-to-use shields that provide the >> RS232 level shifting and SD card interface. >> >> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 16:02 Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A tpdd emulated in low level basic hardware in line with the tpdd itself >>> really appeals to me. >>> >>> I would love to try to make it work on a tinyduino, or maybe a gotek. >>> Tinyduino may not seem "basic" being so small and modern, but it's a >>> microcontroller not a PC. It doesn't run linux and systemd and bash and >>> getty and python and a tcp stack and ssl and X and gnome etc etc etc. >>> >>> The fact that an entire pc fits in a tiny space and uses no power and >>> costs $5 today thanks to the plain advancement over the passage of time, is >>> sort of beside the point. Sure it's practical, but it's not *elegant*, in >>> some intangible abstract mental way. >>> >>> You could run dlplus or laddie from an init script on an Omega2 and >>> stuff the entire thing inside of a db25 connector shell, and probably even >>> scavenge enough power right from the usb port with charge pumps, and the >>> entire thing would be small and cheap and relatively easy to do, since it's >>> just sticking a few existing things together like legos. Outwardly this >>> makes all the sense in the world. But it's just such a brute-force kind of >>> solution. I'd rather spend all kinds of time and effort to do the same >>> thing with a controller in place of the computer. >>> >>> Though, you can sure get a lot more functionality out of a computer, >>> like that virtual modem in mcomm. And the computer is infinitely more >>> end-user hackable. It would be neat to play with hacking together some sort >>> of front-end dispatcher script, kind of like inetd for serial or I guess >>> that would just be an amped-up getty, maybe even with an interactive menu >>> that you can access via TELCOM, and the front end runs a tpdd server or a >>> dos injector or ssh client or lynx or virtual modem or something else and >>> hooks it to the tty. It could stay in the loop monitoring the tty for >>> special escape commands to break out into a command mode just like modems, >>> telnet, ssh, cu etc all do, so you could always switch between functions >>> from the M100 even after starting one. >>> >>> gahh ideas are sure easy to throw around :) >>> >>> > -- bkw
