rednet monitors

ok so this came across my mind when i was thinking of using bundled cables from redpower in my code because you can send rednet signals down them. well my idea is that you should be able to type

monitor run back test

then if there is a bundled cable at the back connected to a monitor it should then work on the montior.
then you could possible add modems to monitors that have a special id like computers so you can do something like

mon.rednet(id, programName)

but maybe this should only be available to advanced computers/monitors. cant really think of any uses from the top of my head, its just a cool idea i thought of.
thanks -Cheeky

This is possible already, just make the computer connected receive and handle rednet messages

Jasonfran, on 17 November 2012 - 06:58 AM said:

This is possible already, just make the computer connected receive and handle rednet messages

i know that, but thats just more code. it would be nice if you could just do "monitor rednet <side> <id> <program> and it would just run the program on the monitor. and have cables connect to actual monitors. if you think about it real computers have cables connected to them. they are not just joined to the computer are they

The point is to give you the tools to make great programs. Not make great programs for you to make into tools. Write a program that does it yourself.

the issue with rednet monitors is spamming… it is inevitable

KaoS, on 17 November 2012 - 07:33 PM said:

the issue with rednet monitors is spamming… it is inevitable

Meh… Not really an issue. The Java code behind built-in rednet monitors would likely put more strain on the server than a decently-coded setup.

Monitors are not going to be rednet connectable. However peripheral cables are planned.