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?! Don't. Not really worth the effort. The cost would be the same for the X-Terminal. > 4) What about crossover cable vs actually using a switch for > a two computer network? Yes. The X-OVR cable would be the cheapest method. Sufficient as well, as only 2 device are on the segment collisions are *HIGHLY* unlikely as they only talk to each other. This though severely limits your connectivity for multiple users. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net The technology that is Stronger, better, faster: Linux
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