Digital 420 terminal

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I recently found an old vt420 dumb terminal in the trash at my school. (sweet dumpster diving) I know that there are options to hook one up in Linux, b/c I've seen it done before, but I have no idea how to get it running on my pc.

Here's the skinny: I want it plugged in so I can always have a console open, in case X locks up, or some such.

It would just be kinda neat to have it laying around, an old piece like that, next to my Athlon XP box. Fun for the whole family!