[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > 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?
A university in Curitiba, Brasil has set up a lab doing exactly this. They use USB mice and keyboards. They have the students line up in desks in the lab, four across, with two students on one side and two students on the other side, and the processor box in its own little holder in the center. All power cords come back to a junction box by the processor, and to there a major power cord comes out from the wall. Four students on a side, eight in a row across the room with an isle between the groups of four, and four rows. 32 students to a room, but only eight processors. The savings of twenty-four processors reduces noise, heat, space usage, and (of course) money. They find the power enough for doing "student compiling", office work, school "lab" type of work. I am sure I could get them to give you more information about the configuration if you wish, and if a 'google' could not give it to you. md -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA used pursuant to a license from Linux Mark Institute, authorized licensor of Linus Torvalds, owner of the Linux trademark on a worldwide basis (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
