Re: What we're doing (was Re: [seul-edu] Another app you may like to see)

[Michael Williams <michael@haywood.k12.nc.us>]

We're doing the same here. We demoed xterms running on IBM EduQuest computers
at a conference earlier this spring. We are now in the process of setting up
six 30 station labs that were using EduQuest mdl 30's/45's and Win3.11. We are
also setting up all new(refurbs)with linux partitions if they have the HD
space, and making xterm boot floppies for those that don't. We have also
replaced 10 old Novell 3.12 servers with linux servers running samba and
mars_nwe.

I'm still working on the documentation for what we've done so far. Went off on
a tangent trying to learn docbook, finally just "borrowed " Chris Hobbs page
format to update the site. Will update site over the course of the next week.

Michael Williams
http://www.k12linux.org


Josh Levine wrote:

> > It would be interesting to see what you'd come up with. I was thinking
> > about looking into setting up 386/486 machines as (dumb) Xterms over the
> > summer when I've got some spare time to play with. I'll probably write
> > up how I've done it (and yes, there'll be lots of kludges and I'm sure
> > there'd be a better way of doing it). However, if anyone's interested I
> > can post what I've found to the mailing list (or link to a URL).
>
> I'm actually in the process of doing this right now with about 300 IBM
> EduQuests.  I'm using the kit available at
> http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/xterminals/ to get started, but then it
> appears that I am on my own in getting the Linux system integrated with
> our existing WinNT 4.0 network (printing, home directories, etc...)
>
> When I get it going, I'd be glad to share my experience with the list if
> you're interested.
>
> --Josh Levine
>
> > Dan