On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 05:00:27PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
The biggest problem I see is that 486s had really minimal video support.
640x480, *maybe* 800x600 if you're lucky. A small color pallet,
probably 256 max (8-bit).
I think you're selling the VLB hardware a bit short there - I
on Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 11:16:10PM +1300, Richard Hector ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 05:00:27PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
The biggest problem I see is that 486s had really minimal video support.
640x480, *maybe* 800x600 if you're lucky. A small color pallet,
Where could one find a stockpile of this paleolithic hardware?
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on Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 04:46:07PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Where could one find a stockpile of this paleolithic hardware?
In a paleolithic hardware store.
Rumor is that my local school district has a warehouse filled with
systems dating back to Apple ][s and other
on Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 12:56:35PM -0600, Mark Gillingham ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I'm a newbie, but have some experience with rdesktop and Terminal
Services on W2K. That is, I think it would be suitable for some
purposes at our foundation.
We have a number of old Zeos (AMD5x86) boxes
On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 11:04:56AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
I have always wanted to do this. How do you have the 486s run an
X server without an OS? Or do they get a base Debian install?
You need at least a minimum OS installed to provide an
infrastructure for X.
A light
I'm a newbie, but have some experience with rdesktop and Terminal
Services on W2K. That is, I think it would be suitable for some
purposes at our foundation. We have a number of old Zeos (AMD5x86)
boxes with 300MB drives that are all alike so parts are available. I
installed X11 on one and
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On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 12:56:35PM -0600, Mark Gillingham wrote:
In your opinion, am I wasting my time doing this?
No. In fact, the local school districts recently were threatened by
Microsoft, the school districts gave MS the finger and switched
My 133MHz 5x86 with VLB video was just barely adequate to run X11.
The bottleneck is the video card, not the CPU. Same problems with a
50MHz 486DX2.
Jeffrey
Quoting Mark Gillingham [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I'm a newbie, but have some experience with rdesktop and Terminal
Services on W2K. That is,
On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 12:56:35PM -0600, Mark Gillingham wrote:
... is rdesktop suitable for my purpose of displaying normal
Windows apps (e.g., Office). Thanks for your thoughts.
I don't know.
But I do know this: VNC works great for the purpose and it's
enormously easier to use.
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On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 11:04:56AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
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On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 12:56:35PM -0600, Mark Gillingham wrote:
In your opinion, am I wasting my time doing this?
No. In fact, the local school districts recently were threatened
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On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 07:16:32PM -0500, Andy Firman wrote:
I have always wanted to do this. How do you have the 486s run an
X server without an OS?
Heh, you don't.
Or do they get a base Debian install?
Get a base Debian install, fetch a
On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 07:16:32PM -0500, Andy Firman wrote:
I have always wanted to do this. How do you have the 486s run an
X server without an OS?
Basically you have the 486 boot off the network; newer BIOSes can do
this, but a 486 will either require a boot prom in the network card
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I have always wanted to do this. How do you have the 486s run an
X server
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