Thin Client Ideas
- Thin Client in SE105 ("Socks" room) pointing at the current compsoc1
- Can we not ask CS to get the existing Sunrays setup to access compsoc1 as well as raptor?
[tdb] No, they can only connect to one server. I think it used to (still does?) allow you to connect to other hosts, so you could connect to compsoc1. The only issue is that the SunRays end up being used by non-CS people, which could cause issues if they got really popular.
- Can we not ask CS to get the existing Sunrays setup to access compsoc1 as well as raptor?
Low-Cost (Second Hand?) SunRay's in Public PC rooms, pointing at compsoc(X)?
- Sun Rays would be a bit silly for this -- old netbooting diskless PCs would be more capable, cheaper and faster, and wouldn't require proprietary crud on compsoc1...
This approach works easily enough (see the library opacs, for example) - doesn't have the licensing issues of the Sunray server software. Of course, if we could get Sun to donate some kit...
My SunRay 1 cost £15 from Americia (with £30 PnP)
So £45, versus free, then.
Actually meant to say £20 PnP, but my point is they can be cheap and shiney
- Sun Rays would be a bit silly for this -- old netbooting diskless PCs would be more capable, cheaper and faster, and wouldn't require proprietary crud on compsoc1...