I could really see a commercial success for a cheap (~$50) thin client.
A really dumb terminal, it does not even have a cpu.
Interface to Ethernet cat6.
DVI out.
4 USB ports.
Maybe analog mic-in and audio-out.
It have 2MB of DDR memory that is connected directly to the DVI.
Only pixels on the screens that have changed are sent over network up to 30/sec.
Some simple form of delta compression will be used.
As the terminal does not have a CPU and only have a DMA
that can only handle "start offset", "bytes per row" and "number of rows"
The 4 usb are for keyboard and mouse and also for a personal scanner/printer etc.
mic and audio could be useful for VOIP
This dumb thing is so small that it connects directly to the LCD monitors DVI port as a small dongle.
I could see an office where the boss have the master computer
running a Intel e6600 with two 250GB HD in raid-1 on his desk.
8 other office people are connected through a gigabit 8port
switch using a $100 17" LCD and $10 mouse/keyboard.
All the programs are run on the main computer, so a software
that creates up to 9 users on 8 artificial video screens need be installed.
Bill Gates probably want license for all 9 users, so maybe Linux?
What are your thoughts?
Should be possible to build?
A really dumb terminal, it does not even have a cpu.
Interface to Ethernet cat6.
DVI out.
4 USB ports.
Maybe analog mic-in and audio-out.
It have 2MB of DDR memory that is connected directly to the DVI.
Only pixels on the screens that have changed are sent over network up to 30/sec.
Some simple form of delta compression will be used.
As the terminal does not have a CPU and only have a DMA
that can only handle "start offset", "bytes per row" and "number of rows"
The 4 usb are for keyboard and mouse and also for a personal scanner/printer etc.
mic and audio could be useful for VOIP
This dumb thing is so small that it connects directly to the LCD monitors DVI port as a small dongle.
I could see an office where the boss have the master computer
running a Intel e6600 with two 250GB HD in raid-1 on his desk.
8 other office people are connected through a gigabit 8port
switch using a $100 17" LCD and $10 mouse/keyboard.
All the programs are run on the main computer, so a software
that creates up to 9 users on 8 artificial video screens need be installed.
Bill Gates probably want license for all 9 users, so maybe Linux?
What are your thoughts?
Should be possible to build?
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