Thin Clients

[John Esak]

Serial... yuck. Only if you have some outdated, legacy device like old cash
drawers or some such.

John


> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf
> Of Scott Walker
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:52 AM
> To: 'Steve Wiltsie'
> Cc: Filepro_List
> Subject: RE: Thin Clients
> 
> 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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