Yes typing things on the command driven thing like terminals is so good. I wish
people would stop using GUI and like Microsoft users get rid of Windows NT WK,
Windwos 98 95 and use DOS( Microsofts most stable OS)
On Fri, 07 Apr 2000, Scott Kindley wrote:
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> > From: Gustav Schaffter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 7:00 AM
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> > Subject: Terminals, like in the 'good old days''. ;-)
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm socializing with this idea of mine...
> >
> > Long time ago, I worked with mainframes only. Then with what we called
> > 'mini-computers'. What was different was (among a few other things :)
> > that you didn't have a *Personal* Computer on your desk. You
> > shared the
> > computer with other users.
> >
> > Now, having gone through the cycle of working/living with DOS, Win32
> > (fortunatley, I haven't yet seen Win00) and OS/2, I'm running Linux on
> > most of my computers at home.
> >
> >
> > Linux is (by definition) stable. Makes sense to keep it running.
> >
> > My wife is, let's say, not _enthusiastic_ about leaving the
> > PCs running
> > 24/7. Me and my kids would love it though, but since we are
> > in minority
> > (4) against my wife who is in majority (1), the PCs are all shutdown
> > over night. (If you're married, you'll understand. If not, you'll have
> > to wait until you see the light. ;-)
> >
> >
> > My idea: (This is the 'good old days' part.)
> > I'd like to leave all the PCs running in the basement. 24/7. And have
> > only 'dumb terminals' in our sleeping rooms, living rooms,
> > hallways and
> > in the kitchen. (The bathroom?) Log in using any (free :) terminal and
> > you're on the LAN. Maybe doing all the login on one dedicated
> > PC having
> > NFS mounted hard disks/CD/floppy etc. from other PCs. Maybe even some
> > kind of load balancing cluster, all in the basement. No CPU,
> > no harddisk
> > and (*most* important) no ventilation fans making noise at
> > the point of
> > login. Except(!) one PC somewhere accessible where I would run two
> > (four?) floppies, and a few CD-ROMs. One small boot disk only.
> >
> >
> > Could someone enlighten me about what I would need to create the part
> > titled 'dumb terminal' in this solution?
> >
> > Guess I'd need some monitors, keyboards and mice, but how do they
> > communicate (over distance) with the PCs? Do I use some kind
> > of modems?
> > What kind of modems? Can I use ordinary PC equipment to do this?
> > (Looking forward to have multiple video cards under XFree 4.0.) Can I
> > serve multiple sound cards from a shared PC to dedicated
> > 'login points'?
> > Using a multiplexor in the living room to serve multiple
> > monitor setups?
> >
> >
> > Any hints, experiences and additional ideas (as always) much
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Regards
> > Gustav
> >
> > P.S. I now. I might find myself sleeping in the basement one day. But
> > what wouldn't I do for my Linux boxes? :-)
> >
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