Dumb terminals

If you want to use Linux, this is the right place to talk about it.

Now, as to your question, I think more detail is needed before it can be
properly answered. Here are some questions I have that would guide me to
help answer:

- By "dumb terminal" do you mean a monitor, keyboard and mouse that accepts
serial input from a serial connection? Dumb terminals originally meant a
keyboard and screen that only had enough "brains" to display a serial data
stream and send a stream back. They did not even have mice. Is this what
you are wanting to create?
- Are you saying you want to build a dumb terminal using Linux as the OS in
the terminal?
- What are the dumb terminals going to be used for? What is the application?

The "right" answer is dependent on the end goal.

Alan

At 12:01 PM 10/10/02 -0800, you wrote:
>This is a bit off subject but I am looking at using Linux as my proposed
>OS. Can someone direct me to some info on creating dumb terminals from
>scratch. I am wondering if I need more than a monitor, keyboard, and
>mouse. Thanks for any help and websites with info or search engines or
>whatever will get me there. Thanks again, Cliff