"Bagnoli Franco ([EMAIL PROTECTED])" wrote:
> I'm developing services for students trough the use of web servers,
> and I was looking for tools for building cheap kiosks.
Hi, Franko,
I'm really do not know what for "kiosks" needed in univercity, but it
sounds like 20 years old idea of terminals, so i have few ideas about it.
What kind of system you plan to use for it ?
I tryed it with VNC (Virtual Network Computer, also known as "HotDesk") with
MSDos as remotely bootable OS (via BOOTP) from Linux (Slackware) server
(Celeron 700) at 10M Ethernet.
And it work fine at 386 with 8M Ram without any disks (even fdd). So 486
with 16 Ram will be even too fast for it !
With 486/16 you can think about XServer-Xlib configuration. Using this you
can reduce load of your server (and save lot of money) comparing with
VNC terminals. Also instead of one big server (i think 4*Alpha21264 will be
enough for 1000 terminals) you can use cluster of few (4-6)cheap servers
(or high-end workstations) at Athlon, for example.
> is it possible to customize the behavior of the suite (maybe in the
> commercial version?) I need to eliminate most of things that can
> allow people to destroy the kiosk !!!
If you plan to use VNC (if not you must think about it) nobody can destroy
your kiosk unless you give them rights to access main server.
And the best of all - exiting to DOS can't give anything for "too smart
student", cos we do not have absolutely nothing at kiosk. Same with
X-Terminals. If you need some more info about "thin clients", i am ready to
help.
Sergie
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