mengm@homxa.UUCP (P.MENG) (03/23/84)
-------------------------------------------------------------------- I am looking for a portable terminal with a display to use with UNIX which can emulate a vt100 or other popular termcap based terminal (for use with curses). This portable should have a built-in modem (1200 preferred) and be small enough to fit in a briefcase. I have seen the GRID Compass computer and this seems ideal except I dont know how well the vt100 emulation works. Has anybody else used this terminal as a vt100 with UNIX? In any event I would appreciate info on any portable that satisfies the above criterion (ie, compact,built-in modem, and screen-emulation). I will collect and post the responses. Thanks, Peter Meng --------------------------------------------------------------------
mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) (03/24/84)
While we're on the subject of portable terminals, I'd like to hear about any terminals that are portable (something like the TRS-100), have a reasonable size screen (20x80 or better), have an RS232 port (no modem needed, but high speed desirable), and have some provision for reading bar codes, mag stripes, or something else one could put on a badge or armband. Touch typing is not important, as it would probably be held in the left arm and typed on with the right hand by a non-touch-typist. Even better than the RS232 port would be some kind of cellular radio connection - all use would be within one specially wired building. This need not exist yet, we are talking potentially large quantities, so an OEM situation applies. What I would appreciate are pointers to existing products that come close, and names of companies that could design and make something like this. Our list currently includes the following: Epson America, Inc. Gavilan Computer Corp. Grid Systems Hewlett Packard NEC Home Electronics MicroOffice Systems Technology Tandy Corp. Teleram Communications Corp. Sharp Electronics Corp. Convergent Technologies, Inc. Xerox Corp. Mark
billr@tekred.UUCP (Bill Randle) (03/31/84)
I just saw a Televideo "Personal Terminal" at Interface-84. It is a nice looking portable terminal. Specs are: 9" yellow-green phos. screen 24 lines x 40 or 80 chars 25th status line 9.6" x 12.5" x 15.1" 14 lbs cost: $499 list builtin 300 baud modem: add $150 builtin 300/1200 baud modem: add $549 The main disadvantage is that it uses a non-standard curser command set (but it should be termcap-able).