Vintage VT100 terminal computing…with a Beaglebone

decbox

A cool little project came our way, which we thought might be of interest to some of you vintage computer buffs. [Joerg Hoppe] wrote in to share a DEC VT100 terminal he resurrected in a novel fashion. His “DECBox” system was created with a Beaglebone, which he uses to run a wide array of PDP11/VAX terminal emulators, thanks to the SIMH project. [Joerg] constructed an expansion shield for … [Read more...]

Say hello to our little friend, the BeagleBone

beaglebone-in-hand

Small and more powerful... what more can you want? This is the newest BeagleBoard offering, called the BeagleBone. It's packed with some pretty intriguing features, but let's take a tour of the hardware first. Like its predecessors, the BeagleBone sports an ARM processor. This time around it's a TI AM3358 ARM Cortex-A8. It will ship with a 2 GB microSD card and has an Ethernet port and USB … [Read more...]