Re: Wyse Winterm running Linux?

From: John Thompson (john_at_vector.os2.dhs.org)
Date: 06/24/05


Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:05:08 GMT


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On 2005-06-23, lobotomy <andy_nospam@floodle.org> wrote:
> In <1119539288.099886.214270@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, newsbot
> wrote:
>
>> I recently came by a Wyse Winterm box that I am wondering if it's possible
>> to run Linux on.

> There are a whole bunch of different models of these things, and to know
> if you can run Linux on it you need to know what kind of processor it has.
> Some of the newer ones (according to a quick google search) are actually
> running embedded Linux already, while others I think use MMU-less i960 or
> MIPS chips that would never be able to run full Linux.

Wyse makes a couple models that come with linux:

Winterm S50 (Linux): http://www.wyse.com/products/winterm/S50/index.htm
Winterm 5150SE (Linux): http://www.wyse.com/products/winterm/5150SE/index.htm

BTW, Debian has a MIPS port available; I ran it on an SGI Indy for a
while.

-- 
John (john@os2.dhs.org)


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