[SATLUG] IBM Thinnet workstation

[John Pappas]

On 12/31/06, Benjamin Temple <benjamin.temple at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ThinNet or NetVista N2200? What OS does yours run natively? Mine runs
> Linux,
> but*  I was wondering if yours ran Windows.*


I do not think that any of them run Windows CE, but I imagine there is an
illicit CF image floating around the 'Net that does.

On 12/30/06, tweeks <tweeksjunk2 at theweeks.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Saturday 30 December 2006 18:02, Robert wrote:
> > [...]
> > > Any way I want to make this a internet workstation wit the possibility
> > of
> > > using maybe Open Office or even Office 2003, Haven't quite figured out
> > > which way I will go but I need to find some software for a Netvista
> > N2200
> > > (8363-exx) the software IBM listed is  "IBM Network Station Manager
> > V2R1"
> > > Linux is a possibility.
> >
> > Google on:
> >        +site:xcssa.org netvista
> >
> > Several people in XCSSA have done a bit of Netvista hacking this past
> year
> > from those $20 units from AllGen.
> >
> > If you just want to dink around with what you have first though (using
> the
> > installed software): when the terminal software comes up.. just double
> > click
> > in the lower right hand area... pull up the X GUI, run the admin tool
> and
> > use
> > the password ibmncd (also root password for the shell).
> >


I will assume you picked up the unit from AllGen, and it is the N2200 series
NetVista workstation.  Bearing in mind that those were not designed for
local application execution (233MHz CPU/96MB RAM, CF Storage), your options
are basically 4 fold:
1.  Remote X11 station (This I use): Have them do an `X -query xhost :0` and
use an X session hosted by a server
2.  RDP station: Use RDesktop to connect to a Windows Terminal Server.  Have
not added to Firmware, but I imagine that it is possible
3.  NX Client station: Would love to hook this up (Anyone interested in paid
attempt?) as NX provides disconnection and sound capability.
4.  Citrix Client station: As this is a not an F/OSS situation, I have not
done it, but again, the Linux Citrix client should be loadable on the
firmware.

YMMV!
John