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From: dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Network Dumb Terminal?
Date: 29 Apr 1996 13:30:26 GMT
Organization: ABWAM, Inc.
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In article <4m1qju$nrt@itchy.serv.net>, zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont) says:
>
>In article <4lemh8$7d6@its.hooked.net>, Matt Clark <mclark@hooked.net> wrote:
>>Ok.  Here Is What I Want To Do: I want to have an old Compaq 386/sx do a 
>>remote boot off of my FreeBSD server and then act like a dumb terminal 
>>without 
>>having to load the a complete kernel (640k of ram can't do much), IE act like 
>>a serial dumb terminal but use my mini-LAN at home.  Is this possible?
>
>
>I'm sure I'll get flamed for not recommending a FreeBSD-based solution,
>but...
>
>Why can't you run NCSA telnet under DOS with a tcp/ip stack?
>

Eeeewww!

Actually, I am dealing with the same kind of issue.  A 386 is plenty of
horse power for a text session that gives me net access... I just hate
to depend on DOS for anything...