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Re: [LUG] HW: 15" CRT's Required

 

Tom Brough wrote:

> Thanks for the offer, 17" monitors are a little bit bulky for this
> project. Luckily I have been given some carboard boxes that  fit 2 15"
> side by side, but it wouldn't work for a 17", and my 3 up 2 down is
> filled to the rafters with kit at the moment (I have pictures that prove
> this)  so I'm trying to stick to smaller units.  However I do hope to
> see you at the meeting.

I have a few 14" monitors.

> Im bringing a small K12LTSP demo system, perhaps I might be able to
> persuade Mark to point some of his machines at it and see if it can take
> the strain ? Any bets gentlemen (servers form is 800Mhz processor with
> 384Mb RAM). Convention has it that it will start swapping about the time

LTSP tends to thrash rather than swap nicely.

What RAM does it take?

> client 3 logs in ), which is a bit of a blow because this is the server
> thats going to Cameroon if nothing better turns up. Mind you I have seen
> a 500Mhz with 512Mb run 8 terminals with eerm "reasonable" response, but

It depends what you are trying to run. Anything which simply leaves
memory management to the OS is likely to work best.

> thats another story in a totally different country. Buy me a pint and I
> will tell you all about it. ;-)

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