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Subject: Re: multiple screens + keyboards + X?
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Hi,

John Hay wrote:
> 
> Well we have been using the HP441 (www.hp441.com) in our boxes

I have heard of such systems, but never saw them.

> That is definitely an option and I have mentioned it a few times to the
> powers that be already. Getting hold of decent old boxes are not so easy
> though. Down here people seem to use a computer until it really can only
> be used as a door-stop. :-/ Space constraints make 5 full sized computers
> a problem, so one idea I have been toying with, is to use the small mini-
> itx boards.
> 
Yes, ITX is a possible solution. Take the ones without fans and boot 
them from Flash cards or the network.

Erich