9 Apr
2003
9 Apr
'03
3:03 p.m.
On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, at 06:40 PM, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Ron Hudson wrote:
Mostly the kind of display, the terminal is a character based kind of
device.
The thin client usually is a graphics based device, like a box only
running an
X server or a Windows "display process".
Neither actually do any calculations, or store any data - they only
display whatever
"boss" tells 'em to.
I used to work for Televideo. They are still
alive and kicking, Their
offices are now in San Jose, CA.
They currently have a line of thin clients. no longer do they do
terminals.
What is the dividing line between a "thin client" and a "terminal"?