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Cool project. Hard to tell if it actually exists or is just a rendering. > it runs a full Linux system with an ARM SOC. So is it a dumb terminal or not?
by jstanley 6y ago
Cool project. Hard to tell if it actually exists or is just a rendering.
> it runs a full Linux system with an ARM SOC.
So is it a dumb terminal or not?
- monocasa 6y agoDumb terminal has more to do with if the server can inject code on the client than the processing capabilities of the client. For instance HTML only is a dumb client, HTML + JS is a smart client. Even back in the day, dumb terminals could have pretty respectable processing power.
- wanderingjew 6y agoCreator here. It's a dumb terminal. Out of the box, it does nothing. It's a keyboard and a screen, and everything you type goes onto the screen and out the serial port. However, there's an internal 2x20 header that just happens to have the same pin configuration as a popular single board computer. If you plug in that SBC, it becomes a full *nix system. And you'll be able to upgrade when a newer version of that SBC comes out. Think of it as a VT-180, but instead of a custom Z80 board running CP/M, it uses a Linux board you probably already have sitting in a drawer somewhere.
- fl0wenol 6y agoKeep in mind that originally, Linux was written to be a terminal emulator. So, not a dumb terminal, but a terminal.