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Re:Libghostty Is Coming by Pet_Ant on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @02:09PM (#45350740)
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.

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Re:Libghostty Is Coming by ldemailly on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @02:37PM (#45351055)
Then what would you do? serial port? ssh? what is your terminal connected to if you don’t have an OS?
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Re:Libghostty Is Coming by Pet_Ant on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @02:51PM (#45351227)
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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