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<H2><A NAME="s2">2. Requirements</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 Hardware</A>
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<P>An NC, connected to your local Network, most likely by UTP, thus
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by a cross-cable or HUB connecting to an X Server. Herafter called the
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Linux Box. The NC can be used as an X-terminal, and in this way can be
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used to replace an Windows Terminal server or simular application.
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<P>The NCD-ThinSTAR 200 is in way related to the IBM Network Station model 8361-100.
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Both machines share a lot of components such as some S3 vga components, IO , network and
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and
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normal 72pins (parity ??) sims. The motherboard is also from the same manufacturer.
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<P>The NCD worked quit fine on my network at home, but we had some trouble to
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get it running again on an other location. After a while we found out
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that the problem where the monitors. The NC does not seem to support all older
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monitors, even at low resolutions and refresh rates.
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<P>The Linux box does not require any special tricks: any X-server with xdm, gdm or
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something similar will do. We will use xdm.
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 Software</A>
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<H3>X Server.</H3>
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<P>Any machine running XDM with enough memory, processor power will do.
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You don't need to have X configured on the machine itselve, it can
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perfectly be a headless server. Basic X Windows install will provide
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you with the necessary deamons.
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<A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/DHCPd/"> DHCP Mini Howto on sunsite</A><H3></H3>
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