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[Halfmanhalfamazing]

multiseat technology

[E. Pluribus Unum]

What do it mean?

[ShadowAce]

[Moose4]

Sounds like a somewhat simpler version of the multi-user Unix systems I was building at my job 20 years ago. They had one PC (usually a then-current 386/20) with special multi-user serial cards that supported 4 or 8 terminals, and ran SCO Unix.

}:-)4

[ShadowAce]

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So this is basically thin-client/server?

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

It means lots of people using one single computer at the same time. It takes multi-user to the next step.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LIXSFDhepE

[mvpel]

This is great news!

[basil]

I clicked on this thread expecting to see some new hat styles—LOL!

[ShadowAce]

Actually, it just makes the LTSP project built-in, rather than another add-on.

[Mycroft Holmes]

Plugable DC-125 USB 2.0 Laptop Docking Station and Multiseat Thin Client - VGA up to 1440x900 / 1280x1024, Audio, 2 USB ports. $64.95 @ Amazon

[mvpel]

It’s actually better than a thin client, since you don’t have any firmware, ROM, or processing power at the seat. It acts like a KVM extender, from what I can tell.

[taxcontrol]

I wonder if this would work with PS3

[mrsmith]

“A seat refers to a combination of a screen, a set of input devices (such as mice and keyboards), and maybe an audio card or webcam, as individual local workplace for a user.”

40 years ago terminals were “work stations”- now they’re “seats”.

Less theatening I guess- or just ‘truer’.

[netmilsmom]

OMG, you mean Dad could get rid of the 25 computers we have sucking electricity in our house??????

[driftless2]

I scarcely understood a word of that. I thought I was going to read about a hat that could direct my car gps-style or play cds as I walked.

[unixfox]

I remember those days. We would install a 16 or 32 port serial multiplexor and hang dumb terminals off of them. SCO called it “Instant Mainframe”

Those where the days!

[zeugma]

Actually, it just makes the LTSP project built-in, rather than another add-on.

From what I've been reading about LTSP, this isn't quite the same. Sounds to me like you're just plugging keyboards, mice, and monitors into one box. However, I think the two would complement each other quite well. Rather than having to build and configure individual thin clients, if you had  a setup like these for the clients, each client workstation could service multiple users. For a classroom setting, that would be kind of cool.

[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Yeah, pretty much. Pick the fastest of the bunch and have everybody use the one computer.

That could be a logistical problem, so one computer per room perhaps. Would still save you a ton of money, and space too.