On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 11:37:13AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 08:50:51 -0400 > Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 09:17:13AM -0300, Fernando M. Maresca wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 04:20:36PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > > > > > Multiseating? When's the last time you had serial cables to > > > > monitors? We have much more efficient Gigabit Eternet. > > > > Over serial lines? 1979. With text-only terminals. I think it may > > have been on Unix version 3 or so. > > > > The last time I used what I perceived as multiseating it was done > > over 10-megabit Ethernet. Worked fine. > > OK. Next question. What is the cost difference between a computer > terminal and a low power computer with the muscle to run apps whose > data is on the central server?
Terminal: Portable: HP mt21: $449 Stationary: HP t430: $261, needs keyboard+mouse+monitor Low power computer: Portable: Pinebook: $89 Stationary: many, $25ish for good enough, needs keyboard+mouse+monitor ("Good enough" turns out to be mostly about memory; 2GB runs a bloated browser fine if you unlearn your tab habits; anything else like LibreOffice or such doesn't need as much oomph.) Obviously, an actual computer can also run ssh or VNC. Meow! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢰⠒⠀⣿⡁ 10 people enter a bar: 1 who understands binary, ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ 1 who doesn't, D who prefer to write it as hex, ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ and 1 who narrowly avoided an off-by-one error. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng