17 Jan
2014
17 Jan
'14
8:21 p.m.
On 01/17/2014 11:20 AM, John Foust wrote:
At 11:26 AM 1/17/2014, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Could be--but at one time, thin clients were very hot. I've encountered
them in hospitals, where a "smart terminal" was required and a regular
PC would be overkill. One advantage is no moving parts--no fan and mass
storage is flash.
You can sometimes find lots of up to 100 on eBay.
I use a Neoware CA21 with a small adapter and a 5GB Microdrive as a mail
server/router here. Uses very little power and has been running 24/7
for years. I have a CA9 that I use to run my Superpro parallel-port
PROM programmer (uses Win98SE).
You could get these things with WinCE, NeoLinux or XPe installed on a
DoM. All use some version of the VIA Esther CPU.
--Chuck
On 01/17/2014 04:54 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
Like point-of-purchase systems, right? You cannot install this onto a PC. It is not a PC
OS and it was not
available to the public. It *only* came in the ROM of certain
battery-powered pocket devices.
Not entirely true! WinCE was extensively deployed on x86 thin clients.