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Creator 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 seri
by wanderingjew 6y ago
Creator 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.