Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:46:52 +0100
From: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
Message-Id: <200306131746.h5DHkqrR000366@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk>
To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, john@grabjohn.com
Subject: Re: Real multi-user linux
Cc: jsimmons@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, terje_fb@yahoo.no
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
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> > As the number of terminals increases you might want to investigate the
> > possibility of terminal driving units connected to the main box, like
> > this:

> Why. You can get 4 port S3 video cards for UKP 7 each on ebay now and
> then. That'll take you to more heads per box than you can sanely cable

Exactly - the sanely cable bit alone is a good reason to do it.

I've got an old mainframe terminal here that was used on a similar system,
(although obviously it's not in use here :-) ).

John.
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