[KLUG Members] NADs Anyone? (Network Attached Displays)

Adam Tauno Williams awilliam at whitemice.org
Mon May 9 21:31:16 EDT 2005


> > Does anyone sell such a thing assembled?
> everybody has their price :) I thought machines you assembled yourself 
> are better?

No way, only slashdotters believe that.  OEM'd machines are way more
reliable than white boxes; they have the advantage of a QC department
and electrical engineers.

> > It just needs to be able to boot, etc... and all without a mouse,
> > keyboards and other silly PC bits.
> I'd imagine a simple, cheap linux box would fit the bill. If you'd want 
> to do this with a Mac Mini, you could set it up to automatically log 
> in, and then launch an applescript upon login that performs whatever 
> tasks you need. /macintosh zealotism

All I need to do is display a URL full screen, making an X app to do
that is easy enough.
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