[cctalk] Re: Connecting a physical terminal via LAN to Serial Port

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Aug 1, 2022, at 11:38 AM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> For an extra $1 now you can get integrated WiFi (and Bluetooth but
>> there isn't any BT software support yet)  in the form of the $5 Pi
>> Pico W, so that's one route to talking to an IP network for IoT or
>> something like this.
>> 
>> A neat thing about the Pico is that you can do hard real-time
>> interface protocols using its PIO (Programmable I/O) channels and DMA
>> and still implement the whole thing in MicroPython.
>> 
> 
> You had me all enthusiastic there until I got to the word "MicroPython" :-(
> I'm going to stay with my patch panel!

MicroPython is an option.  There's also a C API.  I've used MicroPython for 
prototyping, and the C API for the finished project.  Best of both worlds.

        paul