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Re: Easiest way to do VGA to Text



On 7/30/2019 8:12 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> 	As a computer user who happens to be blind, one of the
>> most frustrating issues is the fact that except for expensive
>> servers, none of these boxes output any machine readable text
>> when booting up or in setup mode such as when the coin cell that
>> powers the CMOS BIOS gives up the ghost and one needs to do a
>> setup on it, etc.
>
> Actually, cheap little boxes like the BananaPi (and the legion of
> similar SBCs) do output via a serial line, so you might want to try
> that route.
>
> They're also pleasantly low-noise and fairly power-efficient.
>

For a fanless solution the 'apu' from 'pcengines' are not that bad.

--
John Doe


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