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Re: [PLUG] X Window Smart Terminal?
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On 29 Jun 2001, at 12:30, Derek Wildstar wrote:
Actually I saw some up at Mircocenter in St. Davids the other
day... old 486's and P I's for under 100 :P
Anthony
> Sounds like an old real x-terminal to me...NCD and Tektronix made a lot of
> them. Or you could get a cheap 486 or something and set it up to netboot
> from a floppy and run X. Places to find old xterms (most of them are only
> 256 color) are university or business surplus....ebay may be a good bet
> too.
>
> On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, drexel wrote:
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> > Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:41:03 -0400
> > From: drexel <drexeldg@home.com>
> > Reply-To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> > To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> > Subject: [PLUG] X Window Smart Terminal?
> >
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I am not sure what to call it so I am using that term for now. Did
> > anyone ever hear of such a thing? Basically it would allow you to run X
> > windows from a pseudo computer. The computer would not have a hard
> > drive, just a direct connection to the Linux server. I have seen these
> > work in the past with UNIX, however they only offered a text based
> > mode. I would be look for the command line, text based, with the
> > internet broswing email clients, and all the other lovely functions that
> > X has to offer. I think I heard something about this a while back,
> > however I am unable to find anything about it now.
> >
> > Thanks all!
> >
> > Anthony
> >
> >
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