On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 14:16, Anselm Martin Hoffmeister wrote: > This does *not* solve the problem of slow graphics on 486s. I named it > as solution for peak load distribution of *calculation* processes on > the nodes; it would help to squeeze the CPUs for the last bit of power > when number crunching software is run. > > > Any other road well traveled than this? > > 486 *are* slow for terminal X, even if nothing else runs. > We got quite bearable results with 486-66 (or were they -100?) with > PCI graphics adapters (16MB) and old ISA nics. YMMV, and 386 probably > are not satisfying in most user's eyes.
Anselm, You just broke my heart with that!! Yeah I have one 486-100 that just about manages to run X. Anyway thanks for the warning before I put too much wasted effort. Your advert snip is well appreciated but too much hassels importing into India. Good for me that the second network that we will convert has P-I & P-II machines mostly but low on memory (8mb). Now a new question...how is the memory on the terminals used? It seems that all new machines that we are getting are with 128Mb RAM (apart from video RAM) and once the client has booted can this memory be used??? -- Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
