[BNM] [OT-ish] hardware hacker wanted

[Dave Phelan]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 5:42 PM, shardcore <shardcore at shardcore.org> wrote:
> I have a dumb terminal, pretty much like this one [http://www.vintage-computer.com/images/adm3a.jpg
>  ] which I'd like to use to display some ascii-art video. Obviously the
>  thing itself isn't up to doing much, but I'm wondering if there are
>  any hardware hackers who might like to help me wire-up the screen to
>  an external video source of some sort?

So you want to hack an ascii terminal into a video screen in order to
display art as ascii?
Now that's Art.

>  My electronics skillz don't extend beyond tinkering with a 300-in-1
>  electronics kit from Tandy, and that was the best part of 30 years
>  ago...

Assuming you have an RS232 interface on the terminal, then 30-year old
soldering skills and the right plugs for each end will be plenty.
You'll just need to make an RS232 null modem cable, which is as easy
as networking gets.

I'd be more concerned about the character resolution of the terminal.
Is it 40 char wide or 80? If your ascii art is too wide, it'll
probably line-wrap.

Dave Ph
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