For your reference, records indicate that
Gareth's Downstairs Computer 
wrote:

> I wonder if anyone has implemented a blinkenlights
> interface for the RPi, so that one is not reliant on the
> complexity and reliability of VDU monitors, mice and
> keyboards?

Well, the Sense HAT has a well-supported set of switches and lights.
There’s probably no general “interface” you can build for it to access
the entire complexity of the underlying Linux OS, but you could
certainly use it as a base for some kinds of high level blinkenlights
projects.

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River Tam, Trash, Firefly

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