Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 19:35:37 +0200 (CEST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: kris@airnet.net (Kris Kirby) Cc: nick.hibma@jrc.it, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multi-user: multiple consoles in FreeBSD Message-ID: <199810221735.TAA09498@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <362F0ECD.F14673FB@airnet.net> from Kris Kirby at "Oct 22, 98 10:54:05 am"
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As Kris Kirby wrote... > Nick Hibma wrote: > > Let's not forget about the possiblities that might emerge from this. > > > > x servers with lots of PCI slots, exactly for this purpose > > x graphics cards with multiple connectors for monitors on the back > > (they exist, I believe, otherwise it won't take long, now > > windows has multi head support) > > If I'm not mistaken, I believe that we have a problem with PCI bridges. I'd love > to buy a machine with eight PCI slots. I'm afraid I'd overtax the processor > before I have all my toys hooked up. (1 ethernet + 7 video? Whee!!!) > > > And yes it will be slow. But having an extra place to work at for only > > ECU 499.99 including monitor is something one or the other might go for. > > See VAX VMS in the old days. That worked, on a CPU the 'size' of a 486. > > The comparison I like to use is ftp.cdrom.com. If a PPro/200 can shovel out > 435GB a day, imagine what a faster machine could do. Get crazy: Quad PII/400. Hmmmmm. Quad Xeon with FreeBSD? Just saw Jordan H. demonstrate a build of a GENERIC kernel in 45 secs ;-) Cool... Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW : http://www.tcja.nl ______________________________________________ Powered by FreeBSD __________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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