On 0, Andy <list@firman.us> wrote: > > Metaframe still requires a local CPU to handle display stuff. You > > can't route VGA signals over ATM. > > I did not mean Asynchronous Transfer Mode...... > (not sure if you meant that either...just trying to being clear) > I meant that it was like an ATM card that you stick into this > little box that had jacks for keyboard, monitor, and mouse. > Some sort of flash card.....wish I knew more....sorry. > (I will find out and get back to this list) Ah, I was thinking async transfer mode. Sorry. Anyway, you still need a local CPU. > > Citrix essentially does what X does a lot less efficiently. X is > > pretty much the best thin client technology around. Why would you > > want metaframe? > > I don't know really .... you tell me. (please) I can't imagine many reasons, unless you wanted a 'doze connection as well, in which case metaframe and VNC both do pretty well. Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide Classifications of inanimate objects: Those that don't work, those that break down, and those that get lost. Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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