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While watching his thin client boot up [Nav] noticed that it's using some type of Linux kernel. He wondered if it were possible to run a full-blow desktop distribution on the device. A little poking around he got a Debian desktop distribution running on a thin client. The hardware he's working with is an HP t5325. It's meant to be a dumb client, connecting to a backend machine like a Windows … [Read more...]
[Bissinblob] has about 70 of these WYSE 3125SE thin clients and is offering them up at $15 a piece plus shipping. That's quite a steal! The specs are as follows: NS Geode GX1 core (SC2200)266Mhz Flash 32MB RAM 64MB Video 1280x1024(at 8-bit color), 1024x768 (at 16-bit) 10/100 network 3x usb 1x serial 1x parallel 2x PS/2 Be sure to let us know what you're doing with them if … [Read more...]
[David Cranor], along with [Max Lobovsky's] help, managed to build a thin client that uses an NTSC television as a monitor for only $6. This is his first foray into the world of ARM architecture and he has vowed to never use an AVR again. The powerful little chip uses timers to manage sync and DMA to transfer the full 480x240 frame buffer to the screen. Overclocked at 80 MHz there's a lot of … [Read more...]
[Jim] was the happy recipient of 11 non working Itona VXL thin clients. The units he received were 800Mhz CPUs with 256 MB of Ram and 256MB of storage. None would power up. Upon internal inspection, he found a common theme. Leaky bulging capacitors in the power supplies. Since these came with custom 50W power supplies, he opted to simply replace the caps instead of replacing the supplies … [Read more...]
Routers aren't just for routing network traffic any more. With the help of alternative operating systems such as DD-WRT, Tomato, and OpenWrt, routers are now extremely customizable and can be utilized to suit a number of needs. The main issue with projects built around routers is the need to telnet or SSH into them to get to a console. [Sven Killig] came up with a useful solution that utilizes the … [Read more...]
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