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From: smbrush@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (ANDREW BRUSH)
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Subject: Re: Cheap Terminal
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Date: 9 May 91 18:07:30 GMT
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In article <51@swatty.UUCP>, root@swatty.UUCP (Larry Krone) writes...
>Okay...I have an interesting question....what is the cheapest way
>to remotely interface to a PC...(Definition of cheap:  Can I buy
>a keyboard, hook a cable to my television (composite video) and plug
>the cables into a box that goes to a modem....
> 
>Any Ideas (other than address of Insane Asylums...)
> 
>Thanx,
> 
>Larry Krone

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "Interface", If text is OK, try 
reading comp.sys.dec for a week or so... you'll see some terminals for sale 
for under $100.

The WYSE 99-GT I'm typing this on has PC graphics compatibility, and (I 
think) cost about $300 new.  It hooks up via a serial port, and I don't 
know what graphis mode is used (I lost TFM).

After you buy a video adapter, keyboard, etc, you probably have spent 
almost as much.

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