Eric, I am not 100% sure of my facts, because it was such a long time ago that I looked at these products, but, as far as I recall, the 2310 had a 66MHz AMD CPU with a Cirrus Logic GD5429, 5430 or 5440 VGA controller and 1M of video RAM (There were a number of different versions). It also had 2M of EDO RAM and about 1 or 2M of Flash and ran DOS with a DOS version of the ICA Client - It also had a Crystal 10Mbps Ethernet controller.
I am not sure what it used in terms of BIOS, and I am not sure if there is any space in the flash device for any BIOS extensions. I think the major problem you will encounter is the fact that it has only 2M of EDO RAM, which will not be enough to get an X-Server running. I tried to open the pdf you have on your web site, but I just got the first inch or so of the photos and then the link stalled - I know not where the problem lies! Maybe you could e-mail me the pdf off the list and I can then confirm the config. Hamish [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim > McQuillan > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:12 AM > To: Eric Ward > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] RE: Winterm 2310SE as a Linux terminal? > > > Eric, > > Probably your best bet would be the PLCC chip containing the bios. > > Maybe you could be lucky, and the bios is actually an Award modular > bios, that you > could add Etherboot to. > > You would need an eprom programmer to access the contents of the chip. > > Where could I get my hands on one of those little $10 units ? > > Jim McQuillan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Eric Ward wrote: > > >TWyrick, > > > >>I've never used one of these exact Winterms, but I'm familiar > with a couple > >>other Wyse Winterm products. If it's consistent with others > I've used/seen, > >>the protocols it supports are only controlled by what they > provided on the > >>NT embedded (or Windows CE) disk image. > >> > > > >As far as I can tell, there is no Windows CE or NT embedded on > the device. Please take a look at the photo of the chipset at > http://members.uarc.com/eward/2310se.pdf. From all appearances, > it only has the ICA client (~200K maybe?) and VT220 and VT100 > terminal clients. When it starts up, it displays a WYSE Winterm > ICA splash screen and goes directly into a very basic GUI with > simple buttons, fields and the like. There, I can configure the > ICA or Terminal connection, network prefs, and display. The BIOS > is on a PLCC chip, 256K capacity. > > > >>(EG. The RDP protocol wouldn't be > >>something in the BIOS itself. Rather, they'd include the RDP > connectivity > >>as software pre-loaded as part of the NTE build on the flash > "disk on chip" > >>in the unit.) > >> > > > >WYSE initially planned to release RDP functionality for this > model, but never did. The update would have come via a new flash > upgrade probably? > > > >>The Winterms I've used have PXE boot capabilities in their BIOS - and > >>attempt to boot with Intel PXE protocol before timing out and > starting up > >>their NT embedded image. Therefore, you should be able to make > them work > >>fine with LTSP if you configure LTSP to use PXE. > >> > > > >The thing is, how can I get the etherboot info on the unit in > the first place? I don't see any way to get the etherboot onto > the unit other than 1) the PC card or 2) the PLCC chip which > currently has the BIOS. > > > >>(I think all Winterm thin clients rely on PXE like this, > because their NT > >>based administration software takes advantage of DHCP and PXE to allow > >>remote re-booting and flash disk image updates to the units.) > >> > > > >I think this one only uses DHCP. I've seen no reference to PXE anywhere. > > > >>You can even disable the internal "disk on chip" completely > from their BIOS, > >>and they usually have support for standard EIDE hard drives. > The ones I've > >>used have a laptop style IDE drive connector on their > motherboard, and I've > >>gotten one to successfully boot from a laptop drive. > >> > > > >This one doesn't have that (at least not that I can tell. > Again, please look at the photos above). > > > >Eric Ward > > > >_____________________________________________________________________ > >Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > >For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
