(OT) Re: Headless YellowDog

[Geert Janssens]

Jima wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Jim Bauer wrote:
> 
>>On Monday 11 October 2004 20:19, 
>>yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com wrote:
>>
>>>>I remember on Suns a long time ago that you could get cards
>>>>that had a video
>>>>and keyboard plug on them to do just what I was describing.
>>>>Tehn you coul
>>>>dhave two local people usin gthe box at once.
>>>
>>>The beginnings of extreme programming? All the dweebs huddled around their
>>>Sun, praying to its mighty CPU. That would be kind of cool, actually.
>>
>>More like getting 2 computers for the price of one.  And considering the 
>>price of Suns back then, you might want to have more then two.
> 
> 
>  Funny, I actually acquired one of those cards not so long ago for $5-15.  
> Tried it once under Linux, to no avail, and ended up just tossing it into 
> a box of parts in my basement.  (I don't use Solaris, so I guess it's of 
> no use to me.)  Amusing to see people talking about it, on a PPC list, no 
> less.
> 
Actually, I think it's not only relevant "in the old Sun days", see:

http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1222332322;fp;4;fpid;1

HP is apparently touting four users on one PC is their new invention for 
developing countries.

I believe this also was on /. some time ago. They used both usb and PS/2 
ports to get 4 keyboards and 4 mice connected.

Cheers,

Geert Jan