> > > Why doesn´t one put it directly inside the monitor ? > > > > You could, although many users replace/upgrade their computers and/or > > graphics cards more often than they replace/upgrade their monitors. > > The card could be removable as in a computer
Good point. That could work. > I wonder the > following thing : can we route the PCI channel through an other > channel ? > A converter or an adaptater like in an external hard-disk (IDE to USB), > thus, something like PCI to Ethernet. > By this way, the computer would have two Ethernet connectors, one for > the screen, one for the network and not necessarly a PCI slot inside. > (And if one can or has to plug the keyboard and mouse on the screen, > that will be good) > Is it possible ? Computers can and often do have multiple Ethernets. Yes, they make PCI cards that supply Ethernet ports. You can even get PCI cards with multiple Ethernet ports. I've seen PCI cards with 4 ports. Some mainboards have more than one Ethernet onboard. They also make USB-to-Ethernet adapters, so you can get an Ethernet port without using up a PCI slot, assuming the computer already has USB. You don't necessarily need a dedicated Ethernet to run this, even if you are viewing HD video. OTA HD mpeg2ts is approx 19 Mbps max. That doesn't fit on 10 Mbps Ethernet, but is only about 20% of 100 Mbps Ethernet, or 2% of Gigabit Ethernet. This assumes that the decoding happens at the terminal, not in the host computer. So a computer with only 1 Ethernet could connect to a hub/switch/router type box and the terminal can connect to some hub/switch/router type box. The terminal is just another node on the network, The terminal can talk to any computer on the network you like. No KVM switch needed. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
