Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 22:42:20 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: mlduke@concentric.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Second Station" Revised Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971208223420.21823A-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971208204940.420C-100000@mlduke.concentric.net>
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while possible this is not what you are expecting.. you only have one keyboard so that is going to be difficult.. You CAN sometimes run 2 video cards, but they are not really set up to do that. I presume your daughter wants to have SOME graphics so she can surf? if not, and she's happy with text, then she just needs a seral terminal. You can pick up old ones for $20 at scrap places all-over. In the case where she would like her own full console, then you have more of a problem. possibly the cheapest answer would be to get a OLD 86 and configure it up to boot into X, so that she can run a remote X-terminal from the main machine. The extra PC comes with a cheap graphics card, a keyboard, mouse and maybe about 40MB of disk would get you up and going.. (8MB ram would be good though) You proably don't want to figure out how to add a second video and keyboard.. I'd hesitate, and I'm no newbie. What does she want to DO with it.. (it really effects the answer.. alternatively, if YOU only use text, let her have theh console, and YOU can have the text mode on a serial terminal.. :-) On Mon, 8 Dec 1997 mlduke@concentric.net wrote: > I've got one FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE full tower box and I want to attach > a second monitor to it to run in my Daughter's room. A plug in like the > one my current monitor is plugged into does not exist on the back of > the box, and I don't know what to ask for in order to acquire the > necessary hardware. > > Local (Nampa, Idaho) and Anchorage custom computer folks don't have a > clue as I've been able to learn so far (one I thought to be among the > better of Anchorage cc's even told me Unix is old, outdated and not > used much anymore and would hear nothing to the contrary). > > I also tried Boise State University, and the recommended computer > guy--I'll try another tomorrow--had to be reminded that his student > account was running on Unix. > > Any and all help will be appreciated. The day will come when I will > contribute more that one answer in three months. > > ML Duke > > ------------------------------------------------- > For One of The Best Resume Writers in the USA (And modest, too.) > http://www.resumes-by-duke.com > mlduke@concentric.net and mlduke@resumes-by-duke.com > > To View and/or Purchase the Fine Art of LaveriaGail or LeeGeorge > http://www.alaskaartist.com e-mail info @alaskaartist.com > (Shipping Points in both Alaska and Idaho) > > For Your Visit to The AlaskaSealife Center > The Finest Lodging in Seward, Alaska > http://www.fjordland-inn.com > ------------------------------------------------- > >
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