[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [school-discuss] Possibilities
Jeff,
Your best bet would be to use those 486's as dumb terminals connected to
a much more powerful server - here's how:
http://www.k12ltsp.org/
An adequate server that would serve a lab (20-30 clients) could be built
easily for $2000 from commodity parts, maybe much cheaper (been awhile
since I built a new application server for our project
<http://www.silvervalley.k12.ca.us/~chobbs/xterms>) .
Other than that, I'd be very surprised if you could turn those 486's
into really useful standalone machines - it doesn't matter what OS you
put on them, they're going to feel very slow - but as terminals, they'll
get new life.
Chris
Jeff wrote:
>I can spell Linus and I do have it installed as part of a dual boot
>system on my computer(RedHat 6.2 from the CD). From this point
>on I am supremely ignorant of the system. I did install a TInyLinux
>at school - but other than the fact that it works, I haven't had
>much time to deal with it.
>
>Here is my question: Is it feasible to create a distribution of
>Linux which could run on old hardware - say 486 with 16MB that
>could do JUST the following:
>
>connect to a Win2000 netrwork to access the internet with a JavaScript
>(not Java) capable browser? There would be no need for any
>sort of additional peripherals except a floppy (no CD-NoPrinter-
>No e-mail ABSOLUTELY no sound) Obviously size is a major
>consideration. (I've heard this somewhere before...)
>
>This setup would be great for my classroom since most of what
>I would like my students to do can be done with a web browser and
>JavaScript.
>
>
>Jeff LeMieux
>
>
>
>
--
_______ ___ _ ____ _____
Chris Hobbs / ____\ \ / / | | |/ ___\| __ \
Head Geek | (___ \ \ / /| | | | (___ | | | |
WebMaster \___ \ \ \/ / | | | |\___ \| | | |
PostMaster ____) | \ / | |__| |____) | |__| |
\____/ \/ \____/ \____/|_____/
http://www.silvervalley.k12.ca.us
chobbs@silvervalley.k12.ca.us