From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux as a minicomputer ?
Date: 14 Apr 2002 13:20:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a9cob4$343$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E16wkJq-0004Jl-00@the-village.bc.nu> <Pine.LNX.4.44-Blink.0204141838050.25592-100000@deepthought.blinkenlights.nl> <20020414165056.GJ16692@gallifrey>
Followup to: <20020414165056.GJ16692@gallifrey>
By author: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <gilbertd@treblig.org>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> OK, clearing aside the deep technical arguments about lengths of coax
> and what you can do with a couple of celerons, it seems obvious to me
> that for at least some menial jobs a box with multiple separate screens
> is useful. (Think two or three secretarys sitting next to each other
> with a PC in the middle, low processor needs, short leads).
>
Agreed. This is somewhat different than the "50 processors for 50
users" scenario, but sharing a single- or dual-processor machine
should be quite feasible for some applications.
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-04-14 20:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-04-11 15:46 linux as a minicomputer ? John P. Looney
2002-04-11 16:43 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2002-04-11 16:49 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-04-11 17:07 ` Ed Sweetman
2002-04-11 17:12 ` Vojtech Pavlik
[not found] ` <3CB69032.D332FA51@aitel.hist.no>
2002-04-12 8:08 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-04-11 17:09 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2002-04-11 17:13 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-04-11 17:49 ` John P. Looney
2002-04-11 17:59 ` Rene Rebe
2002-04-11 18:46 ` James Simmons
2002-04-11 19:06 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-04-12 7:41 ` Helge Hafting
2002-04-12 8:09 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-04-11 18:01 ` James Simmons
2002-04-11 19:07 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-04-13 19:03 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-11 19:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-04-11 20:05 ` James Simmons
2002-04-12 7:31 ` Helge Hafting
2002-04-13 18:56 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-13 19:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-04-13 19:37 ` Richard Gooch
2002-04-13 19:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-04-13 19:49 ` Richard Gooch
2002-04-13 22:08 ` J.A. Magallon
2002-04-13 23:46 ` Richard Gooch
2002-04-13 19:51 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-13 19:36 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-04-14 4:30 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-04-14 13:45 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-14 16:44 ` Sten
2002-04-14 16:50 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2002-04-14 20:20 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2002-04-15 16:05 ` Thomas Molina
2002-04-15 0:37 ` Rob Landley
2002-04-15 8:46 ` Helge Hafting
2002-04-15 9:10 ` Alan Cox
[not found] ` <3CBB522C.8070704@bcgreen.com>
2002-04-15 18:09 ` Rob Landley
2002-04-14 2:35 ` ux " jw schultz
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2002-04-11 17:42 linux " Ivan Ivanov
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