Still ruminating on my desire for a second terminal. I have three options as I see it,
Drop extra mouse, keyboard, and screen into my box, and run them with X. Did not think of this until I read the article on the new Groovix PC. (I'd like to know how they can have multiple unique pairs of speakers though.) Buy an X Term Buy a Serial Term A fourth option would have been to revamp an old PC and network up. I would rather drop extra video card and mouse and keyboard on the same box. I figure, why network if you can be on the same Box? At any rate, revamping an old PC shell would include the cost of possibly replacing the power supply, and hassling with memory chips and digging up an old disk (those old Maxtor disks make excellent bookends, don't they? Real cyberpunk Je Nes Se Quis (sp?)) This means cost and hassle. I am very heavily leaning toward an old serial terminal. A used one on Ebay is only about US$20, and a refurbished is $200. I figure all the other options require me to buy a new screen at much more. I don't like the idea of buying a CRT used on EBAY. Since my real need is just to check email news and possibly some simple web, I think the serial term is the way to go even though it is obsolete technology. What twists my noodle is, will I want X down the road? If I move to my girls, there is no way I am going to interest her and her nieces to use serial aplications. But it is kind of like gazing into a crystal ball. Any thoughts?! --- Scotty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
