Bill McGonigle wrote: > Roughly, you put in n video cards/ports, hook up n/monitors and > keyboard/mouse combinations and let n users work off of the same > computer. Given spare CPU capacity (say, with a dual-core chip) you > add users for the cost of a RAM stick. With dual-head cards you ought > to be able to server a dozen 'cafe stations' off of one 'server-class' > computer.
Sounds like something I saw in a catalog a few years ago for Windoze. The only problems I can see are where do you plug in the keyboard and mouse (assuming ps/2 rather than usb or how do you configure it if usb) ... and how long can you get the cabloes for this hydra? > Sounds like an 'Internet Cafe in a Box' to me for someone sufficiently > motivated to market such a product. Hmm.... I love the idea of the internet cafe, but they never seem to have caught on in the US. I can see it now... "The Happy Hydra Penguin Gourmet Internet Cafe"... Brian _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
