Re: Nightstand Terminal
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 06:54:16AM -0500, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote:
> Once again, the biggest problem is getting you guys to be
> verbose ;-)
>
> Does anybody have experience with the following?
>
> 2) What about serial terminals? The new ones are $400 at CDW.com,
> but I see that you can get refurbised ones at $20 on ebay? Any
> ideas on finding companies that are throwing these out? Is the
> money savings worth not being able to use xfree86 remotely in
> your own network? At $400 for a new one, perhaps I should buy
> my girl a Dell, and take her old 386 and begin hacking that?
Serial terminals can often be found for free -- go talk to your
local university or college, and ask around the computer center.
They probably have some VT220s or VT320s around that are just
taking up space. Or buy a $20 one off of EBay. Old DEC and WYSE
are pretty much the best available.
Finding a long serial cable can be a hassle, but it's easy to
find adapters that will put a DB9 to a CAT3 or CAT5 ethernet
cable, and this is reasonably reliable for low-speed serial
comms -- say, 38,400 or less.
> 4) What about crossover cable vs actually using a switch for
> a two computer network?
It works, but you can buy a new 5-port 10/100 switch for $12.
Here:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=33-327-110&depa=0
Buying a crossover cable in your local store is probably more
expensive than that.
-dsr-
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