Thanks to everyone for the help and advice. I have ordered one of these:
http://www.fit-pc.com/fit-pc1/ on clearance sale for $199 with wireless and
Linux already installed. I will use it with VNC to connect to the PC with
the POS database. I think it will work well. If not, the loss is not
All the technology I know of for remote terminal stuff is not very cost
effective for a single terminal. Unless you have more than one to setup, a
cheap / used PC would probably be the better choice if all you want it for is
running a VNC session.
--
Bob Hartung
Wisco
All the technology I know of for remote terminal stuff is not very cost
effective for a single terminal. Unless you have more than one to
setup, a cheap / used PC would probably be the better choice if all you
want it for is running a VNC session.
Thanks to everyone for the input.
But
to worry about
dust or heat.
Mike Zimmermann
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From: vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com] On
Behalf Of Brian M. Godfrey
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:51 PM
To: vnc-list@realvnc.com
Subject: RE: Remote terminal
All the technology I
Wisco Industries, Inc.
736 Janesville St.
Oregon, WI 53575
Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215
Fax: (608) 835-7399
e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com
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From: Brian M. Godfrey [mailto:br...@wildbirdshop.com]
To: vnc-list@realvnc.com
Sent: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:51:29 -0500
Subject: RE: Remote terminal
All
There is also various ARM options. You can get an arm computer which is
small and efficient. IMHO you would have trouble with software and be
better off picking up a used laptop from DELL. For ~$300 you can get
laptop that would serve your purpose.
Brian M. Godfrey wrote:
All the technology I
MAC MINI for Apple computer will run VNC too.
Dale
On Aug 20, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Brian M. Godfrey wrote:
All the technology I know of for remote terminal stuff is not very
cost
effective for a single terminal. Unless you have more than one to
setup, a cheap / used PC would probably be the
wyse makes some terminals like this but I think they are expensive.
Brian M. Godfrey wrote:
Hi,
I'd like a small piece of hardware which would have two USB ports for
keyboard and mouse, one video port, power connector and wireless. The
purpose would be to create a terminal in a back room
