[juneau-lug] Re: NCD

  • From: Nels Tomlinson <nelstomlinson@xxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:55:41 -0900

Tony and James, thanks for the help with the NCD.  An xterm was exactly 
what I was looking for, so it doesn't really matter what OS it runs.

I probably won't try to do anything with it until after I've gotten that 
old Mac going, so it may be a few weeks before I take you up on your 
offer, Tony.

Nels

Tony wrote:
> Nels Tomlinson wrote:
> 
>>In that earlier message, I forgot to mention that I picked up one of 
>>those little NCDs (I think that's Network Computing Device) at surplus a 
>>couple weeks ago.  I haven't gotten around to actually doing anything 
>>with it yet, but it looks nifty.
>>
>>
>>It wants to boot from the network.  Does anyone have any experience with 
>>doing that?  Anyone know what package I need to run on the server?
>>
>>If anyone's interested, I could bring it to the meeting, too.  It's 
>>tiny, so no strain to carry.
>>
>>Nels
>>
> 
> 
> Nels,
> 
> We use NCD X Terminals here at SEARHC (though we are phasing them out in 
> favor of Sunrays and MS-Windows XP PCs (ugh)).  We have a little 
> experience in setting them up and configuring them.
> 
> The link James sent out is a very good place to start, with boot images 
> and excellent instructions.  If you run into specific problems, I may be 
> able to help a little bit.
> 
>                               - Tony
> 
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