An old notebook would be excellent for that purpose. I have an old HP C800 that I got for $150 that's perfect.
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 10:07:03AM -0600, Eric van der Paardt wrote: > I've got an old IBM POS that I scavenged from a junk heap, sadly there > is not linux support for its touchscreen (that I have been able to find) > as I always thought it would make a great dumb terminal (10" LCD, 486 > 100Mhz, built in LAN). > > I also have an ELO LCD touchscreen (elotouch.com), it does work fine in > X with their (X) linux driver (you just configure an extra mouse). It > takes a serial port and is a rather nice display. I maybe mistaken, but > I believe only the serial version of this monitor is supported by linux. > I am currently using it attached to my dual xeon linux server, but > because of it is really just a fancy monitor I guess it doesn't really > fit your needs. > > >From my experience all of the POS machines out there are just standard > PC's with a bunch of extra serial ports... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Scotty Fitzgerald > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 8:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Nightstand Terminal > > I would like to experiment with making a small terminal that > would fit on my nightstand. I think those little POS 10.2" > monitors you see at the checkout lines in supermarkets are a > possibility. Does anybody have experience with this sort of > thing? > --- > Scotty > -- (o< |) //\ ..may the beacon /\obt. V_/_ pass you by.. /\/\iller 11:09am up 10 days, 18:49, 19 users, load average: 0.01, 0.30, 0.23 processes 319498 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
