Sorry for the terse message, I was on the go with the thumb keyboard :-)
I wanted to add that, for the usage you describe, you don't need a late-model Zaurus either (they have very little to offer over the previous ones). A used 860 or even 760 (basically the same hardware) will run ssh in xterm over a compact flash ethernet card just fine, so this could even come out cheaper than a new 770, with added bonus of a functional keyboard.
It should be quite possible, with some tinkering, to get a usb-mini to RS232 cable going and to use that via Xterm. You could even use a bluetooth keyboard like a Thinkoutside foldable to make text entry quick and painless.
As far as I know every serious router and switch ever made can be controlled via a serial port console, and getting the 770 to talk over usb/serial should be doable.
maybe with usb and usb>rj45 convertor ? we can dream
Well it should not be that hard to connect a usb ethernet adapter to the 770. There are support for several usb ethernet adapters in the kernel sources already... it's just a matter of building/compiling a new kernel/module that supports the device you want to use. I haven't done it on my 770 (haven't found the need for it) but it's not that hard to do it on a regular workstation or a laptop, I've done it many times over the years i've been using Linux on my computers. So i guess it's not that much harder to do it for the 770.
