Yes. I would discourage the use of floppy drives. For example, maybe they could email the file to an outside email address. Or, "some" of the Wyse devices come with a USB Floppy drive option. In Citrix you can map the floppy drive as a virtual drive. -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rink, Jesse Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:43 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin client devices Also, it seems that most thin client devices do NOT come with a floppy = drive. That could be a problem for me since we're a school district and = students use disks to take homework home. :( Jesse Rink Network Engineer Whitnall School District 414-525-8461 =20 -----Original Message----- From: Rink, Jesse=20 Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:35 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin client devices This is the kind of information I'm looking for yes. $299 is a good =3D price. I'm going to need something that ICA/RDP compatible most likely. = =3D Also, I'm assuming there's no OS on these machines right? They boot = =3D right into the ctrl-alt-del prompt of the terminal/citrix server within = =3D seconds of turning them on? Or do they first have to navigate through = =3D an OS on the thin client? I'll check out the Wyse and Neoware products. Are there any other =3D mentionables? Jesse Rink Network Engineer Whitnall School District 414-525-8461 =3D20 -----Original Message----- From: Brian Murphy [mailto:bem9127@xxxxxxxxx]=3D20 Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:31 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin client devices Depends on what your objective is. For example. I like the Wyse 1200LE for it's ease of use, ease of administration, security, and cost factor. The Wyse 1200LE runs an 500KB Unix Kernal. This device can grab it's config from an FTP Server and TCP/IP parameters from a DHCP Server (can be the same box). A typical scenario would be to setup a DHCP Server and FTP Server. Create your config file and copy it to your FTP Server. When the 1200LE boots (in about 2 seconds) it grabs its TCP/IP parameters from the DHCP Scope and the scope has information pertaining to the config file. No information is stored on the device! Imagine if you had to change 2000 devices...simply change the config file. To broaden this concept and allow multiple configs simply create multiple directories with multiple config files. You can define your config files to connect to a specific published application or desktop. You can force a login or allow the user to input a login... This device greatly reduces your TCO to the organization at a price point of $299 (No-I don't work for Wyse) Murphy -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rink, Jesse Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 9:38 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Thin client devices Can someone provide me some information on how thin client devices =3D3D compare to one another? I've always used PCs for thin clients running =3D3D on top of an OS like NT or 2000. I need to look at thin client devices =3D3D but am confused as to what features/benefits some provide over the = =3D =3D3D others. IBM, Compaq, Wyse, etc. I'm open to any options right now. = =3D =3D3D Prices on these things seem to range from $300 to $800... What's the = =3D3D major differences? What's needed? Thanks. ******************************************************************** This Week's Sponsor: RTO Software - TScale TScale increases Terminal Server capacity. 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