[K12OSN] disklessworkstations.com

[John Lucas]

On Saturday 16 September 2006 12:00, k12osn-request at redhat.com wrote:
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> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:35:50 -0500
> From: Ray Garza <rgarza28 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] disklessworkstations.com
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> On Friday 15 September 2006 15:12, Henry Hartley wrote:
> > Jim Kronebusch wrote:
> > >> > Another example is the DevonIT NTA 6020P, which is functionally
> > >> > similar the the LTSP150 but costs only $149.
> > >>
> > >> Do these have sound outputs?  From the description on their
> > >> website it doesn't seem so, I could see that as the only drawback.
> >
> > It says "Multimedia ports" so I would assume so.  In the PDF document it
> > says the 6020s have line-in, line-out and microphone.
>
> I was looking at the accessories for those workstations and I noticed a CF
> adapter for the IDE port. How would that be usefull for the user?
>
> Ray
>

This isn't for the end user, it is to allow you to boot from a solid-state 
(Compact Flash "CF") disk drive. This would make the diskless terminal into a 
stand-alone terminal similar to their NTA 6020A product.


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