From: Theo Honohan <theo@ideaworks3d.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] architectures
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 15:59:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E15KLML-00055k-00@starfruit.iw3d.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010711143637.9F863199C0@mail.cse.psu.edu>
anothy@cosym.net wrote ("[9fans] architectures"):
>
> geoff, while the iPAQ is very nice, it's pretty clearly not a suitable
> terminal for doing _real_ work (although it's a pretty cool mp3
> player and is okay for email when walking around the house).
but Geoff had said
geoff@collyer.net wrote ("Re: [9fans] General question about hosted interfaces"):
>
> I'm skeptical about the bitsy's suitability as a terminal, but it
> might make a fine CPU server since it's got what matters: a reasonable
> CPU, a lump of RAM and an optional PCMCIA network card (Wavelan
> currently).
[...]
I think Geoff's point about using an iPAQ as a cpu server is a good one.
You should be able to sit down almost anywhere, connect your iPAQ to the
local network, and then use it via drawterm. Any PC or Mac could act as
a terminal.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-11 14:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-11 14:36 anothy
2001-07-11 14:59 ` Theo Honohan [this message]
2001-07-11 15:02 ` Matt
2001-07-11 16:52 ` Mike Haertel
2001-07-11 22:58 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-11 15:07 bwc
2001-07-11 16:53 ` Mike Haertel
2001-07-11 15:17 nemo
2001-07-11 16:03 jmk
2001-07-11 16:27 jmk
2001-07-11 17:38 geoff
2001-07-11 18:29 ` Dan Cross
2001-07-11 17:59 David Gordon Hogan
2001-07-11 23:17 Jonathan Sergent
2001-07-12 5:22 anothy
2001-07-12 8:04 ` Matt
2001-07-12 10:12 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-12 13:01 ` Laura Creighton
2001-07-12 6:16 okamoto
2001-07-12 7:46 ` pac
2001-07-12 9:59 ` Christopher Nielsen
2001-07-12 7:15 Sape Mullender
2001-07-12 8:42 forsyth
2001-07-12 13:56 ` Laura Creighton
2001-07-12 16:13 ` Ozan Yigit
2001-07-12 16:33 ` Matt
2001-07-12 18:12 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-07-12 18:16 ` Martin Harriss
2001-07-12 18:43 ` Dan Cross
2001-07-13 14:52 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-13 15:13 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-12 10:30 nemo
2001-07-12 10:18 ` Christopher Nielsen
2001-07-12 11:15 nemo
2001-07-12 20:28 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-13 14:53 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-13 15:11 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-12 12:43 rob pike
2001-07-12 19:45 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-12 12:55 forsyth
2001-07-13 2:25 Rick Hohensee
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