Hi,

On 11/19/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 19 November 2005 12:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Peter;
> >
>

... hup ...

>
> Tom
> the idea is kewl.
> I fear there are no free lunches!
>
> You don't want 1 box swapping for even 1/2 doz users so lets say 250M/user ie
> 1.5G for a six user cluster.
>
> Then I've not seen more that 8 usb ports on a motherboad (4 keyboard/mouse
> combos), then 4 graphics cards, (or addon usb ports and lots of PCI slots).
>

This issue can be solved with USB to PS/2 Converters...

> To quote the senator 'a billion here, a billion there and pretty soon you're
> talking serious money'
>
> I think the myriad of cheap thin clients is a much nicer option, consider the
> nightmare of sound, usb-sticks (ooops, need more ports) etc.
>

For multimedia terminals, audio can be done via USB devices, but it
can cost expensive, so in multimedia terminais, may be not a good
application... any way, USB hubs can be used to get more ports... I
work on basis that no more that four terminais can be expanded from a
LTSP workstation to avoid hardware limitations or expensive costs...


> James
>
>
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Alexandre Cavalcante Alencar
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