> On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 06:54 -0500, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: >> Once again, the biggest problem is getting you guys to be >> verbose ;-) >> >> Does anybody have experience with the following? >> >> 1) A smaller cheaper box, perhaps a stand alone box that takes >> smaller and slower laptop parts? > > If I were you, I'd look into a LCD Screen with an X-terminal built-in. > Or an LCD X-Term. > >> 2) What about serial terminals? The new ones are $400 at CDW.com, >> but I see that you can get refurbised ones at $20 on ebay? Any >> ideas on finding companies that are throwing these out? Is the >> money savings worth not being able to use xfree86 remotely in >> your own network? At $400 for a new one, perhaps I should buy >> my girl a Dell, and take her old 386 and begin hacking that? > > Not even really worth the effort. Plain old... OMFG. Get her an XTerm > too and then use a switch, enable XDMCP logins on your Linux machine. > You'll get a graphical login for your X-terms. Ebay has some too. > >> 3) Since an old laptop is a possible solution based on it's size, >> any reccommended sources for purchasing used laptops that are >> known to be able to run Woody?! >
Invest in LTSP.org It will give you a terminal that can be very quiet with the horsepower of your workstation. I use a number of notebooks for these clients. The hard drive is not running so there's zero noise and the power consumption is on the order of <10W. Very compatable. Very easy to set up. I think the entire learning curve is a good Sunday. Assumption: It requires the following: DHCP DNS (optional) tftpd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
