Thin Clients

[Scott Walker]

Steve,

Thanks for the advice.  I was thinking that a serial connection of Wyse
60's might be a stretch for some of the newer Linux operating systems.
It seems like support for that kind of connectivity would not be used
very often in these days of networked connectivity.  Maybe I'm wrong.

Regards,

Scott


Scott Walker
RAM Systems Corp.
ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com
Ph: (704) 896-6549
Fx: (704) 896-7458


-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Wiltsie [mailto:swiltsie at micro-mui.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:17 AM
To: Scott Walker
Subject: Re: Thin Clients

Scott,

I've used several brands of thin clients over the last 2 years and so
far my 
favorite is the VXL Itona models with Windows CE as the OS.  Itona does
have 
several models with Linux or XP as the built-in OS, however.  The VXL
4143 
with a 1GHz processor and CE is around $300 and has these features:

4 x USB - 4 pin USB Type A ( 2 in front )
2 x serial - 9 pin D-Sub (DB-9)
1 x parallel - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25)
1 x audio - line-in - mini-phone 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out - mini-phone 3.5 mm
1 x microphone - input - mini-phone 3.5 mm
1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
1 x keyboard - generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style)
1 x mouse - generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style)
1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)

Take a look at www.vxl.net and see which, if any, model you think would
fit 
your needs.  Also, Wyse makes quite a few thin clients.  They are
typically 
a few dollars more than a similar VXL model but may have better Wyse 
emulation.

I have not had an occasion to use a thin client on a Unix system before.
Of 
course you could use any Windows PC that can run Anzio or FacetWin or
other 
Windows-based terminal emulation package if you had some old PCs sitting

around.  Why did you want to get away from the Wyse 60s, to use a
network 
connection instead of serial?

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Walker" <ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com>
To: "'Filepro_List'" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:46 AM
Subject: Thin Clients


> Thinking of replacing an old SCO server with a couple of Wyse60s with
a
> Linux box.  Only running a character based fp application on the
server.
> Want to use a couple of thin clients to replace the Wyse60 terminals.
> What's the simplest/least expensive thin client solution for a pure
> character based application?  Is the terminal emulation built into the
> thin client?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
> Scott
>
>
> Scott Walker
> RAM Systems Corp.
> ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com
> Ph: (704) 896-6549
> Fx: (704) 896-7458
>
>
>
>
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