A terminal, like any PC, has at least two kinds of RAM: internal memory and video memory. They each serve different purposes.
If a terminal solely acts as a terminal then it only needs an amount of internal memory that accomodates for the kernel and a RAM disk. Usually 16-24 Mb will suffice. Please remember that all applications run on the server. If you want or need high resolutions with lots of colors on such a terminal then you have to add more memory to the video card. That kind of RAM is solely used to store video output. On the other hand, if (and *only* if !) you decide to run so called *local* applications then you will need lots of internal memory in your terminal. That's because a *local* application is transferred over to the terminal and executed there. IMHO that kinda sums it up. On 05-Feb-03 Cameron Lerch wrote: > I would suggest more RAM. This completely depends on what you're > doing, > but for comparison purposes: I use P133 machines with 48MB ram and > an > 8mb PCI video card. I run them at 1024x768/16 bit in a Gnome 1 > environment. I have s/w glx enabled, and use TTFs which are > provided > through XFS running on the server. I use gimp, StarOffice, mplayer, > etc. I have found that memory gets low very often, and have since > had > to create some swap to solve lockup problems (NFS swap is slow, so > it > should be avoided). On one of the machines, I ended up taking out > the > 48MB and put 80MB in instead, and it now appears to be running much > better. > > X4 uses a lot of memory (especially if you're running at a decent > resolution with glx, ttf, etc). I would say that most workstation > memory estimates I've seen are a little low for a full blown > desktop. > >> Yes, your *old* Pentium will make for an excellent workstation. >> >> <nutshell> >> At first, leave it as it is. If it hasn't got a NIC already then >> just >> plug in a spare one. Download the appropriate boot image for the >> NIC >> from rom-o-matic and write it onto a floppy. Setup a Linux distro >> and >> configure LTSP on it as per the documentation. Boot your Pentium >> from >> the floppy and ... enjoy LTSP. If everything works to your >> satisfaction then remove the HD and the CD drive from the >> workstation. If the NIC in your Pentium has room for a boot EEPROM >> then return to rom-o-matic and download the appropriate image. >> Have >> that burned into an EEPROM and plug it into the NIC. Your Pentium >> should boot from the code in the EEPROM without the presence of >> any >> floppy. Which makes the floppy drive redundant too. Et voila, >> there's >> your *diskless* workstation. >> </nutshell> >> >> Success >> >> >> On 31-Jan-03 ricarte m. lapuz wrote:A >> > Greetings! >> > >> > We would like to ask for your help regarding our problem >> > if it's possible and how to migrate our old PCs into a >> > diskless workstation. Here are some specs about our old >> > PCs: >> > >> > Processor: Pentium 133 >> > Memory: 32 MB >> > Video Card RAM: 4 MB >> > >> > We will appreciate your immediate response regarding our >> > problem. >> > >> > Thank you very much. >> > >> > Ric >> > _________________________________________________________________ >> > ___ >> > ** Get your free E-Mail account at WWW.DIGITELONE.COM ** >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------- >> > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: >> > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 >> > See! >> > http://www.vasoftware.com >> > _________________________________________________________________ >> > ___ >> > _ >> > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, >> > goto: >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss >> > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on >> > irc.freenode.net >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Wouter DeBacker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> 03-Feb-03 22:10:01 (SuSE Linux Xfmail) >> -------------------------------------------- >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.NET email is sponsored by: >> SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 >> See! >> http://www.vasoftware.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> __ >> Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, >> goto: >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss >> For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > > -- > Cameron Lerch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 > See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > ____________________________________________________________________ > _ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. 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