X terminals for kitchen use...

[Alma J Wetzker]

Alan Jackson wrote:
> My wife mentioned that she would like a small, flatscreen system in the
> kitchen someday for looking up recipes & such.
> 
> I started thinking about what I would want it to be, and decided that it
> should be a diskless x-term with an undersized keyboard, flat LCD
> monitor, and a wireless ethernet connection. And, of course, cheap!
> 
> Does anyone know of something like this? (I suppose I could pick up
> an old laptop on e-bay and load Linux on it...)
> 
I recommend the laptop.  I found an old P133 Compaq for about $70.00 and a 
802.11b hub/access point for about $20.00 at MicroCentre.  My wife is happily 
chatting and surfing anywhere in the house.  Same system allows her to write 
papers.  Happy wife: Priceless.