From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265505AbTFMTrE (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:47:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265510AbTFMTrE (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:47:04 -0400 Received: from phoenix.mvhi.com ([195.224.96.167]:56581 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265505AbTFMTrB (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:47:01 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 21:00:46 +0100 (BST) From: James Simmons To: Alan Cox cc: John Bradford , , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Real multi-user linux In-Reply-To: <1055525535.5163.76.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > > The next stage will be non PC boards supporting more than > > > one graphics display output. Every now and then you see such a > > > board. I seen a 8 graphics chip board with 8 video outputs. > > > > As the number of terminals increases you might want to investigate the > > possibility of terminal driving units connected to the main box, like > > this: > > Why. You can get 4 port S3 video cards for UKP 7 each on ebay now and > then. That'll take you to more heads per box than you can sanely cable Appian as well if you want high end video cards. S3 have been tested to see if they behave good with other cards. They are pretty good for this.