HARDWARE

• Server (remote or local)
• Dumb Terminal (RS-232 enabled)
• Null Modem Cable
• Simulant Retro Wifi Si Modem

SOFTWARE

• Ubuntu with open Telnet access
• Node.js
• Python3
• Main Application (Python Script running upon Telnet session/login)
  • Google Assistant Relay (makes everything a whole lot easier)
  • Google Cloud Platform (for the Assistant API -- not needed, but allows for easy integration)
  • pyTado (for pulling climate data from tado thermostats)
  • Python Requests Library (REST API for Python)
  • Console-Menu Library (making the menu system a whole lot easier)
  • OpenWeather.org API  (getting local weather info, if you wanna display that)
  • Blessed (can make your terminal experience purrrty -- through mainly for ANSI. My terminal is too old and only runs pure ASCII, so little need for it)