[K12OSN] IBM NetVita Thin Client Question...

[John T. Leonard]

Quoting Rich McCue <rmccue at law.uvic.ca>:

> I was wondering if anyone out there has had any experience with "IBM NetVista
> Thin Client N2800 Net Station 8364" units? Specifically, will they boot to a
> K12LTSP server?  I see them on Ebay periodically, but don't want to spend the
> cash if they will not work.  
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Rich McCue
> Systems Administrator
> UVic Faculty of Law
> www.law.uvic.ca
> (250) 472-4716
> 
> P.S. I can't wait to try out the Samba/LDAP script tonight on my home
> server!
> 
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Hi Rich....
I have about 65 units in operation in two different labs and our media center.
They work fine once you get the correct bios booting on them. I bought all of
ours used or refurbed and the only problem I've had is one switch on one of the
units. They have only one moving part and that is a small power supply fan. I
actually prefer that rather than an external transformer. Some of the pluses are
that they will take up to 256 mb of memory, they have a 40 pin IDE connector
inside, 2 PCI slots so that even if you get the token ring model you can stick
in a NIC from DWS (plug for Jim M) and away they go..they have sound and USB and
front plugs for headphones...and lastly they have a flash memory card
slot....I've averaged about $50 delivered so even if they blow up you're not out
too much....Hope that helps a little....
John

John T. Leonard
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