Thanks. I followed the wrong links, I guess. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT
Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets® 9151 Boulevard 26 . N. Richland Hills . TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone . john.mck...@healthmarkets.com . www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Schwab > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 12:30 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: The old is new again - Not IBM related, but I > hope interesting > > http://plugable.com/products/ > > The two products are already in production. This kickstarter project > is to do 1 large order for a lower unit cost. > > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:05 AM, McKown, John > <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com> wrote: > > Doesn't really say __how__ it works internally. The author > simply says that, on Fedora 17, it is truly "plug and play". > He plugged it into a PC running Fedora and he immediately saw > a GDM login screen. He said performance was generally good, > except for some HD video from YouTube. > > > > This is a "Kickstart" project, which means it isn't ready > yet. From the Kickstart page, it implies this is an all > hardware solution using ASICs. > > > > > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1666707630/plugable-thin-c > lient-the-50-computer > > > > -- > > John McKown > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > >> [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > >> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 7:41 AM > >> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > >> Subject: Re: The old is new again - Not IBM related, but I > >> hope interesting > >> > >> On Wed, 2 May 2012 07:00:37 -0500, McKown, John wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=plugable_mu > ltiseat_kick&num=1 > >> > > >> >This is a USB device which can plug into a normal PC running > >> Linux (Fedora 17 is mentioned). You then connect a > >> DisplayLink monitor, USB keyboard and mouse to the device. > >> And you have a multi-user system on a single PC. Not a > >> "server" PC with other PCs connected as "clients", but just > >> one single PC. Reminds me of what could be done with MP/M-80 > >> (the multiuser version of CP/M-80), except back then it was a > >> serial (RS-232?) connected keyboard/display. Or, maybe, an > >> S/360 with a 2260(?) or 3272(?). > >> > > >> Ah! The complement to the KVM switch! But it probably has > >> the "client" PC > >> embedded in the USB plug. I wonder what OS it runs? Is > there an X11 > >> server either in the USB plug or in the DisplayLink monitor? > >> Does it need > >> a driver? > >> > >> -- gil > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
