Re: [help] 1 cpu to rule them all

From: Erik Funkenbusch (erik_at_despam-funkenbusch.com)
Date: 07/11/04 

Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:00:35 -0500

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 23:18:47 GMT, Bill Mazlar wrote:

> The processor chips of most computers nowadays are somewhat overkill if
> all you need to use it for are non-intensive tasks like word processing
> and surfing the net. I'm interested in finding a way to have up to 5
> multiple users collectively harness the power of only a single computer
> to keep my hardware costs down. This would mean 1 cpu tower and input
> devices: 5 monitors, 5 keyboards, and 5 mice. As image quality could
> be a factor, I would probably opt for LCD screens with DVI rather than
> CRT and also take advantage of energy savings. Each user must have an
> independent desktop environment and of course, have access to the same
> database on the hard drive(s) installed on the system.

I've seen several such systems as this over the years. The most recent is
a Linux based system found here:

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.c3sl.ufpr.br&langpair=pt%7Cen&hl=pt&ie=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

Several years ago I saw similar systems built on Windows, though i've not
seen any recently.

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