Some of my terminals are equiped with an S3 Trio64 card, some have a Trident 8900/9000 and still others contain a Matrox Millennium G200. The specific brand and type don't really matter as long as the card is of the PCI type, can carry enough video RAM and is well supported by XFree86.
On 22-Jan-03 pedro noticioso wrote: > > I got a dozen 200 Mhz compaq computers with a sys > chipset and exactly those 2 PIC ports, one has the > famouse Realtek 8139 NIC, what is your choice of video > card? I might get it for my new terminals 8) > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi Jan, >> >> My bottom line is drawn at a 486DX2, 66MHz, 16 Mb >> RAM and at least two >> PCI slots. One for a 100 Mbit NIC connected to a >> switch, the other for >> a decent graphics card with at least 2 Mb video RAM. >> In my experience >> many companies, which replace their PCs every two >> years, gladly give >> most of that old hardware away for free. Otherwise, >> they have to pay >> in order to have it recycled by third parties. On >> the other hand, the >> NICs, the switches and the graphics cards I am >> referring to are >> reasonably priced these days. >> >> Moreover, much more performance is gained by wisely >> investing in the >> technology of the central server than one could ever >> gain by upgrading >> terminals. Anyway, like I said before on this list, >> all depends on >> which applications you want or need to run. >> >> See you. >> >> >> On 22-Jan-03 Jan Wilson wrote: >> > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030122 >> 05:52]: >> >> I want to run a 386/40 MHZ with 8 MB of RAM as >> workstation, >> >> connected via >> >> 10BaseT to the server. The trouble is that the >> whole boot process >> >> is during >> >> some 4 minutes. The download of the kernel works >> fine, >> >> "uncompressing >> >> Linux" is some half a Minute, then "Initializing >> RAM disk" also >> >> some 1/2-1 >> >> minute, the following tasks (building of the >> scripts) are som tens >> >> of >> >> seconds. On a Pentium90/32MB Ram the Boot process >> is during some >> >> 30 >> >> Seconds. Is there any way to make it faster? Is a >> 386 PRACTICALY >> >> useable as >> >> a workstation? >> >> >> >> Thanx, Peter >> > >> > Living in a developing country, it is often >> frustrating when >> > someone >> > in, for example, the US says, "Oh, just upgrade to >> a >> > multi-processor, >> > SCSI drives with 4GB ram and a gigabit ethernet >> for the server," or >> > "don't bother with workstations with less than 64 >> MB of ram." >> > Actually >> > I don't hear things like that very often, on this >> list. >> > >> > But my point is that there IS a compromise, >> although it will be >> > different if you are a US corporation, or a school >> in a developing >> > nation. However, even for those of us with very >> little cash >> > available, there is a point where the time >> involved, whether by the >> > one setting up the system, or the user(s), just >> isn't worth the >> > savings. You may have passed that point. >> > >> > We are using mostly new workstations built around >> Eden 566 >> > processors >> > with 128 MB of ram ... clearly overkill for >> workstations, but they >> > were quite affordable ... just over US $200 each >> without monitor. >> > We >> > are also using some "legacy" workstations, with >> AMD 450 CPUs and 64 >> > MB >> > of ram, and we will be adding some slower. But I >> personally would >> > rather not dip below 32 MB of RAM, and a Pentium >> class CPU with >> > something over 150 MHz, and 100 megabit ethernet. >> > >> > Someone with more time and even less money might >> draw the line at >> > lower capabilities, but there really should be a >> line somewhere. A >> > 386/40 with 8 MB of ram is getting to be a museum >> piece ;-) >> > >> > -- >> > Jan Wilson, SysAdmin _/*]; >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Corozal Junior College | |:' corozal.com >> corozal.bz >> > Corozal Town, Belize | /' chetumal.com & >> linux.bz >> > Reg. 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