Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:54:05 +0000 From: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> To: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> Cc: FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: multi-user: multiple consoles in FreeBSD Message-ID: <362F0ECD.F14673FB@airnet.net> References: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.981022112915.17573H-100000@elect8>
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Nick Hibma wrote: > Let's not forget about the possiblities that might emerge from this. > > x servers with lots of PCI slots, exactly for this purpose > x graphics cards with multiple connectors for monitors on the back > (they exist, I believe, otherwise it won't take long, now > windows has multi head support) If I'm not mistaken, I believe that we have a problem with PCI bridges. I'd love to buy a machine with eight PCI slots. I'm afraid I'd overtax the processor before I have all my toys hooked up. (1 ethernet + 7 video? Whee!!!) > And yes it will be slow. But having an extra place to work at for only > ECU 499.99 including monitor is something one or the other might go for. > See VAX VMS in the old days. That worked, on a CPU the 'size' of a 486. The comparison I like to use is ftp.cdrom.com. If a PPro/200 can shovel out 435GB a day, imagine what a faster machine could do. Get crazy: Quad PII/400. That ought to handle any number of video cards. :-) My ISP likes to run the above under NT and call it a news server. 512MB of ram. Complete waste of a machine. On a sidenote, they got what they deserved when my mailbox became corrupted. They had to rename all my mail files. All 160+ of them. Worldmail under NT. At least UN*X only has one mail file. Hey, I'd like to do a double header on my machine... But I don't have USB, and I would like to see a way to feed in keyboard and mouse data. Multiple keyboards and mice would definately be nifty. -- Kris Kirby UAH Mail <kirbyk@email.uah.edu> UAH CS <kkirby@cs.uah.edu> Home <kris@airnet.net> WWW <nomurphy@hotmail.com> ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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