[rescue] What is an XTerminal 1?

[Rob Harhen]

Lionel Peterson wrote:

>--- "Sheldon T. Hall" <shel at cmhcsys.com> wrote:
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>>I think the secret lick for a small, quiet Xterminal is a modest
>>laptop Windows PC with Cygwin/XFree86.  Something like P-II 300
>>or so will do.  Use an external keyboard and mouse.  No fan,
>>almost no heat, takes up minimal room.
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>PII-300s tend to have fans, in my exp... (but my exp. is limited)
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>>Around here, you can buy an older laptop for less than an SVGA LCD
>>screen.
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>True, but I think his main problem is noise, not space... Esp. if he
>can shove a fex boxen out of the room, space won't be an issue...
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I like these Via EDEN cpu/mainboards...
EDEN5000 = 533mhz cpu
2 DIMM slots
IDE, Floppy, Lan, USB, audio, Video Out,  keyboard, monitor
They run $100 for the board and cpu
Fanless CPU
mini-itx formfactor

Small and Quiet and reasonably inexpensive

Rob Harhen