[ale] [somewhat OT] Fat thin client

Jeff Hubbs hbbs at attbi.com
Fri Aug 16 22:09:38 EDT 2002


Microseconds isn't like it used to be; they don't really have many parts
like that to pick through anymore.  It's too bad, too, because between
them and eBay, I've put together halfway decent computers out of
near-discards.  

- Jeff

On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 14:17, Greg wrote:
> You can get used nics for $5.00 in the bargain bin at Microseconds on
> Roswell, just outside the Perimeter.  Get 2 and a crossover cable and voilà,
> instant network.  They also have handfuls of memory ( I got several megs for
> free one day) for I think about $1.00 per stick.  500 MB hard drives were
> also in said $5.00 bargain bin.  There are also several other places on
> Jimmy Carter & here in Marietta that sell stuff for bargain basement prices.
> 
> I don't know of any system that can fit on a 200 mb disk (Windows 3.1 ?),
> Unless of course you put a system on a CD and boot from it.  That might
> work.
> 
> Of course if you are not in Atlanta, just disregard the references to
> Microseconds et al.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Greg Canter
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jordi S. Bunster [mailto:j.bunster at earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 1:58 PM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: [ale] [somewhat OT] Fat thin client
> >
> >
> >
> > Problem: My mother wants email, and does not want to mess neither with
> > my brother's machine neither with my workstation, because we're always
> > using them.
> >
> > I have some spare hardware here at home. P75, 16 or 32 megs, 200 mb
> > harddisk. The problem is, I don't want to make it an X-Terminal to my
> > workstation, because I don't have that much horsepower to serve her
> > graphical applications and my Java development (it is already painful
> > to develop Java2 on a P200 with 64 megs of ram). I'm also being the NAT
> > router to the house. No way.
> >
> > What I wanted was a thin standalone machine, at least with the ability
> > to run a decent graphical web-broswer. Decent enough for her to access a
> > web-based mail client from my workstation, and thus read her alredy
> > fecthmailed messages.
> >
> > I thought about FreeDOS and this Arachne graphical browser. Though its
> > license seems a bit odd.
> >
> > Any suggestions? By the way, buying a NIC is out of question. With that
> > money, I can buy her a computer faster than mine.
> >
> > -- Jsb
> >
> >
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