RE: RE: Cheap Control Panels?

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

I am in the process of building an eeprom programmer to make the boot
proms
for the network cards to do something similar, havn't decided on what
server
solution yet.

Cheers, Des.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Van Wesenbeeck
[mailto:michael.van.wesenbeeck@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 August 2002 10:10
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] RE: Cheap Control Panels?
>
>
> Has anyone had a look at www.ltsp.org ?
>
> This is the linux terminal server project.  What they have to
> offer is a way
> to make thin-clients run apps on a server.  The apps just get
displayed
> remotely through the Xserver. They run in server memory.
>
> This could have multiple advantages:
>
> 1) no hard-disk, cdrom or floppy needed in client device.
> 2)all administration is done on the server.
> 3)multimedia , internet, e-mail access
> 4)has full support for ELO-touchscreens
> 5)one can put windows on top of linux (win4lin)
> 6)no OS-licenses for client-devices (e.g. PocketPC)
> 7)regular network connection 10(/100)BaseT (over regular CAT5)
> 8) ... if anyone can think of anything else?
>
> disadvantage: it's linux again.
>
> Now we just need a thin-client ($330 @
www.disklessworkstations.com)
> Or built one yourself:
> -touchscreen LCD
> -small motherboard (IR-support?) with onboard sound.
> -bootable network card
> -32MB Ram  -> everyone has these laying around, right?
> -200Mhz CPU  -should be enough (even with streaming mp3's in
mind)
>
> With a solution like this, you have access to a full-featured OS
(several
> flavours of linux) so I know it would be overkill to have this
> functionality
> in 15 rooms...  But maybe this can be used in your most important
rooms.
>
> PS:  I'm not an affiliate of these companies.  Just excited
about the
> possibilities.
>
> Michael.
>
>
>
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