[NBLUG/talk] Use of Linux w/o an Office Suite?

[ME]

The older terminals were not slick (IMHO.) They were old and had heavy
burn-in with dim screens. They had "text-only" and supported VT100, VT220,
and VT320 terminal modes (may have supported ANSI, but I dont recall)

They were "dumb" in that they did no processing, but were cheaper than
full computers. The idea in using think-client-technology NC that booted
from the network, was to replace the terminals that could not do graphics.
Since our catalog was moving to use a web based system, there was little
left for a terminal based system, but a void was created (need for cheap
machinces to offer browsing of our catalog.)

The NCs fit this role well. They have virtually no moving parts,and
nothing worth stealing. They can be placed in remote locations without so
much worry about theft (like full machines might risk.)

Of course, if this was a joke making fun of my lack of ability to type in
the dark and use a spell-check to catch my typos, then let me redirect the
above comment to this:

heh-heh, funny ;-)

-ME

> You know that library like the back of your hand!
> I never heard anything about "oilder" terminals though. Were they really
> slick?
>
> Edward
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-admin at nblug.org [mailto:talk-admin at nblug.org]On Behalf Of ME
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 7:56 PM
> To: talk at nblug.org
> Subject: RE: [NBLUG/talk] Use of Linux w/o an Office Suite?
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>
> Actually, I think they have them on the 2nd floor near the media desk, and
> on the 3rd floor. Thee are very simplified systems without any drives.
> (There is not Hard Disk, or floppy disk - they actually "boot" from the
> network. These Linux boxes for users are only meant to be used for web
> browsing and searching the catalog. They are replacements for the oilder
> terminals we had in the library. (Each cost about $600 with the monitor
> included.)
>
> They "boot" from the network by booting from a Linux Server that hands
> each one a network mount volume. (There is more to it than that:
> dhcp/bootp -> tftp kernel -> boot with NFS root.)
>
> -ME
>
>> The only place at SSU that I've seen Unix/Linux being used is in the 3rd
>> floor of their library.
>> They only let students browse the library catalog and surf the net and
>> that's about it. There are no drives in those machines (except for the C
>> drive).
>>
>> Thanks, Edward
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: talk-admin at nblug.org [mailto:talk-admin at nblug.org]On Behalf Of
>> Andru Luvisi
>> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 7:59 AM
>> To: talk at nblug.org
>> Subject: RE: [NBLUG/talk] Use of Linux w/o an Office Suite?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 15 May 2003, Edward Mendoza wrote:
>>>
>>> I am a senior at SSU and I will graduate at the end of this month! I
>> didn't
>>> know you worked there. I spend A LOT of time at the SSU library and I
>>> have
>>> seen the mechanical arm work through the little windows (and so has my
>> wife
>>> and our daughter).
>> [snip]
>>
>> Check out the "NCs" that are scattered throughout the library.  They
>> boot
>> Linux over the network.
>>
>> Andru
>> --
>> Andru Luvisi, Programmer/Analyst
>>
>>
>> Quote Of The Moment:
>>   Oliver's Law:
>>           Experience is something you don't get until just after you
>> need
>> it.
>>
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