[TriLUG] Dumb Terminals?

[Jason Tower]

check out www.ltsp.org and www.k12ltsp.org.  i've set this up few times
and it works great.  the thin clients need only a floppy drive, 16MB or so
of ram, and a nic.  no hard drive or cdrom is needed.  or you can use a
special nic with a bootrom built in and dump the floppy too.  they are
totally stateless, so if one conks out just toss it and drop in a
replacement.  if you have a large number of users all of whom have only
basic computing needs, this is a fantastic way to go.
jason

> I'm not sure I'm even going to be asking this question right, so cut me
>  some slack please :)
>
> In one of the articles past along to the group (I believe from Josep)
> about  schools switching to Linux, it was mentioned that a server is
> setup and  then dumb terminals are used in the computer labs. What
> exactly is needed  inside the computer for a dumb terminal? Like how
> much memory? hard drive?  network card? etc. I'm assuming that the
> computer wouldn't need a floppy or  cd-rom either.
>
> Any info is greatly appreciated. Just point me in the right direction
> :) TIA!
> Lisa B.
>
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