Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

2010-12-09 Thread erik quanstrom
On Wed Dec 8 22:14:45 EST 2010, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: if you want to go for a cheap atom, i think you can beat that price. Yes, but two weeks later you can't get the same device anymore, even though the successor, incompatible in fifteen different ways, is 2 USD cheaper. And all

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

2010-12-09 Thread hiro
Erik, if I want fast I know where to look. I still have a 20€ seagate dockstar wasting my electricity for debian. Bad as a terminal but maybe something for a server. I'm still unsure if I should solder some serial. Did somebody already try plan 9 on this box?

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

2010-12-09 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Dec 9 12:17:28 EST 2010, 23h...@googlemail.com wrote: Erik, if I want fast I know where to look. i believe the op's original adjective cheep. not fast. - erik

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

2010-12-09 Thread ron minnich
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:22 AM, erik quanstrom quans...@quanstro.net wrote: On Thu Dec  9 12:17:28 EST 2010, 23h...@googlemail.com wrote: Erik, if I want fast I know where to look. i believe the op's original adjective cheep. not fast. another part of my objective is open down to the metal.

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

2010-12-09 Thread Bakul Shah
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:17:17 +0100 hiro 23h...@googlemail.com wrote: I forgot to make this fortune nomination: i wouldn't recommend bad solutions . Except to your frenemies?

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

2010-12-08 Thread Jacob Todd
Seems a little small for a terminal, 4.3 at 480x272 resolution. Maybe I'm crazy.

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

2010-12-08 Thread John Floren
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Jacob Todd jaketodd...@gmail.com wrote: Seems a little small for a terminal, 4.3 at 480x272 resolution. Maybe I'm crazy. That's better than what you got on the iPaq, and I found that to be reasonably usable. John

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

2010-12-08 Thread John Floren
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 6:29 PM, hiro 23h...@googlemail.com wrote: There have been cheaper terminals for ages. But small may look nice in some cases... If you can point me at such a cheap graphical terminal that is still being made, I just might buy one tonight :) Grab a pentium from the

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

2010-12-08 Thread erik quanstrom
On Wed Dec 8 19:00:57 EST 2010, slawmas...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 6:29 PM, hiro 23h...@googlemail.com wrote: There have been cheaper terminals for ages. But small may look nice in some cases... If you can point me at such a cheap graphical terminal that is still

Re: [9fans] gumstix displays

2010-12-08 Thread Lucio De Re
if you want to go for a cheap atom, i think you can beat that price. Yes, but two weeks later you can't get the same device anymore, even though the successor, incompatible in fifteen different ways, is 2 USD cheaper. And all of it is buggy in some fashion or other. And VGA is its own reward.