Scott, I know what you mean about space. That's one of the reasons I'm looking at thin clients. Most of my computers are full size towers; 2 Micron P4 and 1 Apple PowerMac. Just need to make room in the office to organize it.
I do appreciate your effort and time. Thank you, GregS <>< Jul 8, 2021 11:04:35 PM Scott McDonnell <[email protected]>: > So, I found my spare PCMCIA adapter and rear panel. I could not yet find the > think client that I installed the other one into, so I do not know for > certain which model these are for. Many of the other clients in that > particular box were all V10s, so chances are pretty high that it is a V10 as > well. > > I think they do use the same PCMCIA board. But the rear panel isn’t going to > work if it is the wrong model. > > I will look some more over the next few days. My storage space is a bit of a > disaster at the moment. > > *From: *Greg Swallow[[email protected]] > *Sent: *Thursday, July 8, 2021 11:23 PM > *To: *Scott McDonnell[[email protected]] > *Subject: *Re: [M100] Converting Thin Client to PC > > Scott, > > I'll look into the HP. I would expect the HPs to be Windows friendly. I had > an C2Q m9200t Pavillion Elite. Great through W7, but openSuse was a dog. I > have a Dell inspiron 530 C2D that out performed the HP. Gutted the HP and now > the Dell is the Quad. > > Have looked at some 486DX and up SBC, but budget caused me to check out thin > clients. The V90LE because I know what to expect inside. I do have a ebay > seller just dropped his price to $30 w/ free shipping for two Wyse D200 dual > monitor thin clients. May grab them, but I'll look into HP as well > > GregS <>< > > > Jul 8, 2021 5:29:35 PM Scott McDonnell <[email protected]>: > >> BTW, for one of the test PCs I built here, I needed one with a single PCI >> slot that could run Windows 98. I found the HP T5720 with the extension >> chassis. That would make a great retro computer with a PCI soundblaster. >> >> I have had a lot of trouble trying to get Windows 98 to run on the Wyse >> terminals. It doesn't seem to like the VIA chipset. >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Greg Swallow <[email protected]> >> Date: 7/8/21 8:18 PM (GMT-05:00) >> To: Scott McDonnell <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [M100] Converting Thin Client to PC >> >> Scott, >> >> That would be great! >> >> GregS <>< >> >> >> Jul 8, 2021 3:45:53 PM Scott McDonnell <[email protected]>: >> >>> I just realized that I was confusing the C90LE with the V90LE. I actually >>> think mine is a V90LE with the PCMCIA. And I actually bought an extra >>> PCMCIA board for a second one that I never used. You are right, these come >>> up very rarely. >>> >>> I will check what I have later tonight to be sure. I might be willing to >>> part with the spare PCMCIA board. I thimk I have the replacement rear >>> plate for that too. >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: Greg Swallow <[email protected]> >>> Date: 7/8/21 2:03 PM (GMT-05:00) >>> To: Scott McDonnell <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [M100] Converting Thin Client to PC >>> >>> Scott, >>> >>> V90 is faster than the V10 and the V90LE the fastest of the series. Suppose >>> to be a 50% increase between V98L and the V90LE. I have found V90LE w/ >>> PCMCIA on eBay from Germany. Some, in the US, claim to be V90, but a close >>> look at the tag photo shows V10. May go the V10 route to get the PCMCIA >>> port. >>> >>> AC97 is the why for PCMCIA. Intend to drop an SB16 PCMCIA into it. Though I >>> don't mean to go for retro gaming. >>> >>> GregS <>< >>> >>> >>> Jul 8, 2021 10:47:14 AM Scott McDonnell <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> I use the Wyse thin clients quite a bit at my work for small >>>> single-purpose test PCs with DOS and also at home. I have not seen a V90LE >>>> with PCMCIA, but the V10 can be found with PCMCIA. I have a few of those >>>> running. >>>> >>>> My only real problem with using them for retro-computing is that they have >>>> AC97 sound with a VIA chipset and I have not been able to figure out how >>>> to get any sound-blaster compatibility out of them for games. >>>> >>>> *From: *Russell Flowers[[email protected]] >>>> *Sent: *Thursday, July 8, 2021 11:12 AM >>>> *To: *[email protected] >>>> *Subject: *Re: [M100] Converting Thin Client to PC >>>> >>>> That's weird, I don't see Stephen's original reply email to the list. >>>> Maybe it will pop in later. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 9:33 AM Greg Swallow <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Steve, >>>>> >>>>> DOS (DR or Free) with Disk+ and Lucid for DOS. Maybe Windows 3.1 and >>>>> Lucid for Windows. I hope to find a Wyse V90LE XPE with duel video and >>>>> PCMCIA somewhere in North America, but only ones I've found are in >>>>> Germany. At $100+ after shipping kinda cost prohibative. Asking here to >>>>> see if anyone has had luck with other models. >>>>> >>>>> GregS <>< >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Jul 8, 2021 7:18:07 AM Stephen Adolph <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>>> … >>>> All, >>>> >>>> Am looking to pickup some thin client systems and convert them to Retro PC >>>> an use with the M100. Too many tower systems taking up space. Just >>>> wondering if anyone has done such a conversion and what client et al. >>>> >>>> GregS <>< > >
