Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265459AbTFMR2C (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:28:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265448AbTFMR1T (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:27:19 -0400 Received: from 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk ([81.2.122.30]:16000 "EHLO 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265447AbTFMR0M (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:26:12 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:46:52 +0100 From: John Bradford 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 X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 745 Lines: 18 > > 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/