Off-topic: For a moment it brought back memories: I used WYSE 50 terminals ( http://www.ebay.com/itm/WYSE-50-Terminal-/111137359834?pt=US_Thin_Clients&hash=item19e04d87da) at the Budapest University of Technology. That is somewhat strange since I'm just 35 years old.
Csaba On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 4:44 AM, Mark J. Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/WYSE-T50-Thin-Client-909563-01L-1G-Flash-1G-Ram-Gigabit-ethernet-/221258656004?ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123 > **** > > ** ** > > I have picked up a few of these and they are in fact new/unused (at least > the ones I got), though at this price and free shipping, you might not get > the crappy Wyse keyboard. My second order of two more came without the > keyboards, packaged in a Fedex box (probably to reduce shipping weight > since it was free shipping). I didn’t care for the yesteryear keyboard > anyways, and am using a wifi/wireless Logitech MK360 and MK520 that connect > with a USB micro-thumb dongle, and they work great. Mine shipped > Internation Fedex Ground from Malaysia and took about 4 business days to > get here. If you get an original sealed Wyse box (like my original one > did), it will probably also include a Chinese/Australian “Type I” power > cord, but you can pick up a cheap US “Type B” power cord for it for dirt > cheap:**** > > ** ** > > > http://www.cablewholesale.com/products/power-products/power-cords/product-10w1-15206.php > **** > > ** ** > > These are embedded Ubuntu Linux (10.10 I think) units. As ‘admin’, you can > get to root no problem and even change the apt-get sources to pull in > mainstream packages. I pulled in telnet, but it comes with ssh by default. > You can download latest firmware free from Dell. **** > > ** ** > > http://www.wyse.com/products/cloud-clients/thin-clients/T50**** > > ** ** > > I got mine at $60/each. These units are small enough and come with > mounting brackets for the wall and/or the back of the monitor. While these > are Dec 2011 manufacture date, this T50 is still sold by Dell for around > $275. These are not the wifi models, btw. For what it is, a thin client, so > far I have been fairly impressed. The T50 (like anything) has some issues, > but Wyse does seem to be trying to iron them out with ongoing firmware > releases. **** > > ** ** > > Of course, YMMV, but I thought I would share.**** > > ** ** > > Mark**** > > ________________________________________________________ **** > > Mark J. Bailey Jobsoft Design & Development, Inc. **** > > 104 Arlington Place, Suite 100 Franklin, TN 37064 **** > > EMAIL: [email protected] WEB: http://www.jobsoft.com/ **** > > VOICE:(615)904-9559 FAX:(615)904-9576 CELL:(615)308-9099 **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
