Dumb terminals possible with i386 Debian

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Suppose I wanted to set up some kiosks for web browsing, solitaire, etc 
(just generic users). I can envision three scenarios:

1) full-blown workstations, each one with their own hard drives and OS 
setup, etc.

2) one server and the rest of the workstations are thin clients, having 
mobo/cpus, keyboards, mice, monitor

3) one server and the rest of the workstations are dumb terminals, 
having keyboard, mouse, and monitor connected to the server via 
serial/firewire/usb/whatever.

I know the first two are possible. But I'd really like to pursue the 
third option. Is it possible? Practical?

Thanks!

Kent