[THIN] Re: Thin client shell
- From: Euan Cooper <Euan.Cooper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:58:23 +1200
What OS do the old boxes have? Your clients must have purchased an OS with
these boxes -right?
We run a few old 486 boxes (originally purchased with DOS/Win 311) which we
run the 32-bit DOS ICA client on - a bit limited in that it only does 256
colours and does not support HTTP/TCPIP for locating the MF servers - but
they work and for the right users they do the job.
We also run a few low end Pentium and better 486 boxes (purchased with
win9x) with Win95 or Win98 the 32bit windows ICA Client and either Richard
Lewis's Wrapper or Angus MacDonald's SheLaunch (both downloaded from
ThinNet).
While some of these boxes are getting quite old they still work fine - only
real problem as been some of the power supply fans have become very noisy.
These are quite easy and cheap to replace so it is not big issue.
Have had the odd HD fail as well but we keep a stock of old smaller HD for
this purpose and as we usually have a couple of spare pre-configured boxes
sitting a shelf we just swap out a failed box and replace the HD when we get
a chance.
On average it costs us less than NZ$20 per box to get these up and running -
but that we do still have the proof of ownership certificates for the
original OS's we purchased with these boxes.
-Ec
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Durbin [mailto:techlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2004 8:12 a.m.
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin client shell
It looks like it's what I'm looking for, but it isn't $20 or less a machine!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Claudio Rodrigues
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2004 2:34 a.m.
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin client shell
>
> My F.Boot OS is exactly that. X/ICA/RDP/JVM/Netscape in a
> Linux OS.=20 Fits in a 64MB Disk on Module or hard drive. If
> you use a Disk on Module you can even remove the hard drive
> on the machine.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Durbin [mailto:techlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: March 22, 2004 1:54 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin client shell
>
>
> I looked at some of the programs suggested last week. I was
> hoping to find a relatively easy way to turn a PC into a thin
> client AND get rid of the local Microsoft OS. It would be
> nice to be able to encourage some of my smaller clients to
> adopt server-based computing by giving them a free or cheap
> way to use their aging PCs as thin client devices.
>
> Knoppix - this is Linux on a bootable CD. It contains a bunch
> of programs, one of which is an RDP client, but it's overkill
> and I'd want to boot from a hard disk, because any older PC
> that I'm going to convert would have a hard disk.
>
> Pilot Linux - this is also Linux on a bootable CD, derived
> from Knoppix.
> This started to boot, but at one point it just
> black-screened, and I didn't even try to troubleshoot it.
>
> Thinstation - this is another Linux bootable CD that reads
> the connection specifics (server IP, etc.) from a floppy.
> This worked perfectly, although the display settings were a
> bit off (not all the colors, and the wrong resolution).
>
> PXES - this is a linux thin client that loads from a TFTP
> server after a PXE boot. I haven't tried this one yet, but
> based on what a pain it would be burning a new CD every time
> you're troubleshooting something like a display problem, this
> seems like it might be more appealing.=20
>
> What I'd really like to find is something I can install for
> free to a PC's hard drive that would boot and give me a thin
> client interface like you'd see on a true thin client (like a
> Wyse or a Neoware) (oh yeah, and I'd want it to be free, or
> really cheap, like $20 a machine).
> Anyone know what Neoware charges for ThinPC? Based on how
> expensive their ezRemote Manager is, I'm guessing it's not cheap.
>
> JD
> =20
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
> > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig=20
> >http://thin.net
> > Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2004 4:16 a.m.
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Thin client shell
> >=20
> > No but I have an article that lists links and a bit of
> info=20 to all
> >of the options and different products that do this at:
> > http://ondemandaccess.com/article_read.asp?id=3D45
> >=20
> > Regards,
> > Jim Kenzig
> > http://thin.net
> >=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf Of Tore Hansen
> > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:37 AM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Thin client shell
> >=20
> >=20
> > Does anyone have experience with products like Thintop (=20
> >thintop.com ) Clam IT ( clam-it.com ) or Alcatraez from Wyse.
> >=20
> > Tore H
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