Subject: Re: Uses for a 486 (was: 'cu' or 'tip' to Serial Port)
To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net>
From: gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/09/2002 10:11:42
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On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 02:25:52PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> if it's X terminal it will be over 10baseT with disk too.
> disk can only save NFS speed - which if machine has enough memory will be
> used only at startup.

Fair enough. I've definitely seen the definition of "X Terminal"
stretched to include a machine with a local X server merely
attaching to xdm on a remote host. Even if you don't call that an X
Terminal, it'd be a good way to use 486s and make X response
speedier.

Also, unless this machine has a crazy amount of RAM, swapping to
something will probably be necessary eventually...

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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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