Wyse WinTerm (very thin Windows client)

[Charles Anderson]

I saw a demo at the Microsoft Windows 95 launch and was quite impressed -
but then demos generally (unless I'm doing them) do work as hyped!

Charles Anderson

On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Timothy Kambitsch wrote:

> I've been reading about Wyse's WinTerm terminals that could offer
> a much less expensive way to offer large numbers of Windows tubes
> at a minimal cost.
> 
> If you are not familiar with this approach, apparently a Windows NT
> Server is used to actually does the work of these terminals and all
> screen paints are passed out to these dialup or Ethernet connected 
> machines.  The client machines have little more than a screen, a 
> keyboard and a mouse.  Users inputsuch as mouse clicks and keyboard 
> entries are passed back to the  server which does all the work for
> the end user.
> 
> Wyse hypes this as less expensive, more secure and easier to manage
> than individual workstations.
> 
> Has anyone experimented with this technology?
>