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I really want a little adapter that can plug into a monitor to make it a dumb terminal. Instantly on, no full OS, just a VT100 or something.

I've looked into it with a PiZero and some HATs but I'd like something made by smarter people. This would be perfect for that.

Ideally just some dip-switchs to set the terminal to emulate and set the display resolution.



Then what would you do? serial port? ssh? what is your terminal connected to if you don’t have an OS?


Serial port or serial port over "ethernet"[1] (technically it's 8p8c[2]).

My router doesn't have a video port, but it does have a dummy terminal port. I had to scrounge a video card for my server to set it up, but it does have a serial port [3]. So that would have been nice.

Also would be nice for a modern remake of dumb terminal with abandoned monitors.

[1] https://www.cabling-design.com/references/pinouts/EIA-TIA-56...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_connector#8P8C

[3] https://serverfault.com/a/529159




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