Windows Terminal Server in Public Education <cringe>

[Cliff Brown]

Ray Strode wrote:

> > I would love to help. I am currently getting all my old 486's
> > ready to be the terminals and trying to find a box good enough to
> > be the server.
>
> Honestly, I don't think 486s would be ideal for this situation.  Such
> a setup requires lots of network bandwidth and most 486s are limited
> to the ISA bus.  Even 10baseT ISA nics can't go 10baseT. They are just
> 10baseT compatible.  In addition, things will probably still seem
> sluggish because of the speed of the video card.  Even VL cards can't
> really match up to the junkiest PCI counterparts.  What this all adds
> up to is slow network + slow video = unsuitable for running graphical
> environments remotely.
>
> My opinion--could be wrong...Please don't flame.
>
> --Ray Strode
>
> Off Topic, but I need an old VLbus video card for an old 486 I have.
> Anyone got one, with drivers, that I could get for CHEEP???

TIA
Cliff