>Still hoping somebody wants some Xterms! I think
everything else has now
>found a home (unless anyone *really* wants an old dot matrix printer!)
If the NCD's have interfaces *other* than: 10Base2+AUI or 10BaseTX
(that's two different interfaces) -- say, perhaps, a TR interface, ROM card
or PCMCIA card -- I'd be interested in them (working or not) just for
the sake of having a physical device to document. Which NCD models
are they?
Likewise, *photos* (good quality) of the keyboards would be a win...
I'd take one or two, if you or somebody can
arrange shipping (to Salford,
UK, I'd cover costs), just to play with. I have no use for all of them
though! Which are the best sort to have?
Whichever you can find *software* for! :>
If you're looking for *performance* (Xstones), you'll be disappointed.
Most of this hardware is quite old/slow. Any modern machine running
a newer version of the server will put them to shame.
But, I *really* like the crispness of the display on a 19r (monochrome)
when I'm just writing code...
[snip]
>I used to have a plan to get hold of a decent
Xterm and then stick all
>the noisy hard disks on a server in a cupboard somewhere - nice and
>quiet then! Lack of audio support on any Xterm I've come across knocked
>that idea on the head unfortunately...
Been there, done that. With the exception of the Windows machine, here,
every other box effectively runs headless -- I can't afford the space for
monitors "waiting" to be used. Nor can I stand the *noise* from the
various machines (disks, fans).
Support for audio *service* is available on most NCD's -- though machines
without audio *outputs* (i.e. connections) are a waste of time. E.g., you
can
listen to audio on a 19r though you'd best be in an anechoic chamber to
"appreciate" (ha!) it. I think NCD's MCX, ECX and Explora's made audio
a first class feature (though I may be wrong on that).
Microsoft's "remote desktop" under
Windows XP seems to manage to send
sound
to the remote client (as long as you use the right
version of the client)
so I assume it must be possible.. Just needs implementing under X by
somebody..
Done long before MS. See NAS.
--don