> > As a consumer, I don´t bother to understand what´s a thin-client (X > > terminal or Video Network Computing) but I would be happy to have less > > different kind of cable to manage, and so I would want to find a flat > > monitor enhanced by a graphic card inside. Maybe connected to my PC with > > an USB cable or a Firewire or an Ethernet cable, or wirelessly.
USB and Firewire both have severe distance limitations. Wireless is unreliable, adds security concerns/hassles, and adds cost. The obvious choice is wired Ethernet. Inexpensive, can use very long cables, most computers already have it, reliable. Users who really want wireless can plug in an Ethernet-to-wireless adapter. > We would have the minor issue that the mouse and keyboard would be on > the server end of the communications link. You put keyboard and mouse ports on the X-video-server. The "big" decision here is PS/2 or USB? > This could probably be > handled by minor patches to the Kernel a driver depending on the > communication link being used (if the Kernel wasn't already able to do > this). Unix kernels have been talking to X-terminals that have keyboards and mice for 20 years. Not a problem. > Since we don't make flat panel displays, this would need to be in a > small flat enclosure that could be velcroed to the back of the display. That's one option, and probably a good one. Another option is the "pizza box" form factor. If your display is a desktop monitor, set the pizza box on the desk and the monitor on the pizza box. If the monitor is a CRT, then the box needs to be quite strong. If the monitor is the living room TV, stack the pizza box with the other AV components or add rack ears and bolt it into a rack with the other AV components. If thermals allow, it could be a small box by default, that fits inside an optional pizza box for those users wanting that form factor. Personally, either form factor would be fine with me. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
