You can also throw multiple video cards in unused PCI/ISA slots on your
PC, and attach a monitor to each one. Throw in some USB keyboards and
mice, and you have a computer system that can run Gnome/KDE (or other X
window manager) for multiple concurrent users. You will have to fiddle
/etc/X11/XF8
Back to the future???
Thinking out loud. Interesting sitemakes one wonder what it would
cost to build a terminal today, $50 ?, and whether the stage is set for
a resurgence in some application areas given their simplicity and
reliability etc. PC's are overkill in many hospital departments. In
Users of VistA / MUMPS, as well as nostalgia buffs, may find
http://vt100.net informative.
-- Bhaskar
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