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MCI gets a preview of ThinSTAR
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From: "Joe Granto" <Joe.Granto@MCI.Com>
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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 15:31:47 -4
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Today some NCD reps did a presentation on the NCD ThinSTAR 200
Windows Terminal. This product was announced at the same time as
Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server. Although skeptical, I have to admit
I was impressed...
This kind of technology might be of interest to some of you. The
ThinSTAR series is only aWindows Terminal, but NCD has other
terminals capable of running both X and Terminal Server client code.
The ThinSTAR 200 is has a 100MHz NEC CPU, 8-32MB of RAM, 10Mbit NIC,
and runs a Windows CE core. The 300 series meets Intel lean client
specs, offering 24bit color, wake on LAN technology, 166MHz Pentium
CPU, and a 10/100Mbit NIC. The 300 will not be out until early 4Q
1998.
I spec'ed out a VERY good server for these units, and came up with
$34,000 for a Compaq Proliant 6500, 4 processors, 2GB RAM, 10/100Mbit
dual-channel NIC, RAID 5 array (18.2GB), blah blah blah. This
machine could easily serve 120+ users (depending on what you run).
It could possibly serve over 200.
A 16MB ThinSTAR 200 goes for about $700, and $850 for a ThinSTAR 300.
Someone may want to contact NCD and take a look at what they have to
offer...
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Joe Granto, Ed.S., N.C.C. Joe.Granto@MCI.Com
Systems Architect
NT Architecture Team, MCI Office: (770)284-5061
VNET 949-5061 FAX: (770)284-4450 |
