On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> > Yeah, why even bother with a switch? Why not just connect to them
> > via X session?
>
> 1. I don't have a Windows X server. (The existing box is W95.)
> 2. It's a little difficult to deal with the boot dialogue through X.
> 3. It's not what I want to do.
All very good answers!
You can get free x servers for windows, but while they are functional,
they're not that great.
Another alternative might be to use a serial connection to the PCs, and
run something like seyon or (I can't believe I'd even mention it)
hyperterminal to connect to them, or even get a small cheap terminal-
server-type thingy. You can configure lilo and the kernel to use a tty as
the console.
Yet another alternative is to install VNC on the windows box and install
the VNC client on a linux box, and connect the linux box to the monitor.
The performance isn't bad at all over a lan, esp a 100Mb lan, but it's
definitely not good enough to play action games that way... : )
As far as it not being what you want to do goes, I can't help you there. I
personally find the extra monitor(s) and/or a/b switches to be a waste,
but everyone has different needs... So I guess my comments are aimed more
at others who might want to do something similar but would rather not buy
new hardware to achieve it...
--
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" "Who watches the watchmen?"
-Juvenal, Satires, VI, 347
Derek D. Martin | Senior UNIX Systems/Network Administrator
Arris Interactive | A Nortel Company
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