GM> We are almost going back to the concept of a central
 GM> computer feeding a number of dumb terminals 

 GM> I did say "almost". I doubt whether we'll ever go back
 GM> that far, although as the LANs get faster and faster,
 GM> it could happen.

have you not heard of "windows terminal server"?? same basic
thing... and "thin clients"?? again, same thing... there's even
the possibility of running *nix XWindows server on your local machine and
running apps "served" from the main machine...

 LE>> last a lot longer than any HD that small. Use a RAM
 LE>> disk for swap space, and my little DOS node will be
 LE>> happy as a clam. I may even move tossing to a
 LE>> different system, in which case I can move it from
 LE>> the 486 to an old 386 box that's a *lot* smaller.

 GM> That's odd... my two 386 motherboards were both bigger
 GM> than any of the 486 m/bs I've worked with. The old
 GM> 286 m/b with 1 meg of RAM was even bigger than the
 GM> 386's.

not so odd... the formfactor was known as "baby AT"... i've a
386/40 motherboard here that's about the size of a book...

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