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	Dumb terminal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A dumb terminal in computing consists of a computer screen and keyboard, but practically no processing ability.
		Dumb terminals, sometimes dubbed glass teletypes, display text on a screen, usually in monochrome, and allow the user to send commands (see stimulus protocol) to the server computer to input or display data, or to perform some action.
		Basically, such smart terminals (often referred to as network computers or thin clients) are low-cost PC platforms with no external storage like hard disks or CD-ROM drives booting from a server in the network.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dumb_terminal (221 words)

	t1's wan -->Re: dumb terminals connection to remote host via dsl?
		On the client's system ports 2 and 3 are used for dumb terminals and ports 5 and 6 are assigned to serial printers with hardware flow control.
		In addition to the two dumb terminals and printers, the client added two new Windows 98 pc's at the remote office.
		The operators on the dumb terminals complained because that have to adjust for the greater character delay with the VPN then the lightning fast response of the terminals on the 56K stat mux.
	aplawrence.com /Bofcusm/992.html (850 words)

	Discussion Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A terminal is a device that performs both input and output because it consists of a monitor (output), a keyboard (input), and a video card.
		A dumb terminal can enter and transmit data to, or receive from, a computer to which it is connected.
		All of these terminals are still in use but some are more popular than other while others are on their way out while still some are up and coming such as the register checkouts at grocery stores.
	homepages.ius.edu /STORTORE/chp6.htm (481 words)

	A.P. Lawrence Linux/Unix Consultant: Terminals
		Dumb terninals are simple, have no moving parts, are relatively rugged, easy to diagnose (usually it's broken or it isn't), and easy to replace when needed.
		Therefore, since both of these (the terminal and the computer) want to send characters on pin 2 and receive on pin 3 for (DB25 connections), it is necessary to use a null modem, or a crossed cable (at least 2 and 3 swapped) for the computer and the terminal to be able to communicate.
		You generally can't print graphics through a terminal- often certain bytes won't be passed at all, and of course there's always the magic sequence that tells it to stop doing transparent print: that definitely can't be in the data.
	aplawrence.com /Unixart/terminals.html (3495 words)

	Terminals
		Dumb terminals are specialized pieces of hardware that let you connect to computers over serial lines.
		Dumb terminals are popular in work environments where workers do not need access to graphical applications such as those provided by the X Window System.
		If a dumb terminal has just enough ability to display, send, and receive text, then certainly any spare personal computer can be a dumb terminal.
	www.freebsd.org /doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/term.html (1424 words)

	Video Terminal and Terminal-Emulator Information
		When I say character-cell terminal, I mean some keyboard-possessing device that is connected to a host computer by a serial cable and typically (if not exclusively) is used to display textual information arriving in the form of
		X terminals in their own right are beyond the scope of this collection.
		reason to use a terminal, have found it useful.
	www.cs.utk.edu /~shuford/terminal_index.html (487 words)

	X-bit labs Community :: View topic - Understanding Unix Terminals
		Terminals in other rooms might of been connected via some sort of hub, but I never saw the hubs or the actual infrastructure.
		The terminals that we used were ATandT 630 dumb terminals, and we had a few VT100 compatibles as well.
		The console (an HP dumb terminal) is connected to an 8-port hub via 25-pin RS-232.
	www.xbitlabs.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=6861 (898 words)

	Dumb Terminals Rule! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But for now, I have terminals -- simple input/output devices that sip electricity, costs hundreds instead of thousands of dollars, have no moving parts except for the keyboard, never really "hang", and can't be infected by viruses.
		They're connected by simple serial cables to a terminal server, which is a device that gives me, as a system administrator, great control, flexibility, and security.
		And by the way, in case you're wondering, we use Wyse 60 terminals because there is currently no microcomputer-based program that emulates all the functions of the Wyse 60 that are used by our automation system.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~rtoyama/terminal.html (253 words)

	dumb terminals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected.
		A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device.
		Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
	www.linuxguruz.com /foldoc/foldoc.php?dumb+terminals (150 words)

	STI Computer Service Inc. - Centralized Computer with Dumb Terminals
		Dumb terminals are attached to a centralized computer to allow multiple operators to work on the system at the same time (also known as multi-user, or multitasking).
		The primary advantage was that the dumb terminals were inexpensive to purchase.
		However, a large and expensive centralized computer was needed to handle the dumb terminal requests for system resources (because the dumb terminals have limited memory and editing capabilities), and as additional terminals were added the speed of the system would degrade.
	www.perfectcare.com /main/bills/Centralized.html (185 words)

	What is dumb terminal? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
		A dumb terminal is simply an output device that accepts data from the CPU.
		In contrast, a smart terminal is a monitor that has its own processor for special features, such as bold and blinking characters.
		Dumb terminals are not as fast as smart terminals, and they do not support as many display features, but they are adequate for most applications.
	www.webopedia.com /TERM/D/dumb_terminal.html (295 words)

	Information Today: "Dumb" terminals may be smart solution for consumer videotex.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Information Today: "Dumb" terminals may be smart solution for consumer videotex.@ HighBeam Research
		"Dumb" terminals may be smart solution for consumer videotex.
		Information Today; 12/1/1989; Conhaim, Wallys W. "Dumb" Terminals May Be Smart Solution For Consumer Videotex
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:8286699&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (142 words)

	www.ElfQrin.com - Elf Qrin's hacking lab
		I think basically they are computers that do nothing for themselves, but instead are just used to connect to a server, people will use the dumb terminal to log into that.
		The dumb terminal is bumb because it does nothing itself, just acts as an interface for users to use the server.
		These terminals consist of a keyboard and a display unit with no memory or disk of its own.
	www.elfqrin.com /hacklab/board.php?thread=6288&did=edge0&disp=6288 (458 words)

	6. What are dumb terminals? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dumb terminals are display and input devices which don't process data and input locally, instead transmitting input to a computer to which it is connected and displaying the resulting output.
		This is not true, unlike dumb terminals which simply display the output of a program running on a server elsewhere on the network, Network Computers actually do local processing and are much closer to PCs than to dumb terminals.
		Some Network Computers however do support protocols, such as X Window and ICA, which allow them to be used as dumb terminals to display the output of a program running on a server in additional to programs running locally, so that they are backwards compatible.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/network-computers/faq/section-6.html (165 words)

	Dumb terminals and Windows-based terminals, used, refurbished and new
		Dumb terminals and Windows-based terminals, used, refurbished and new
		Almost all twinax terminals can be identified as such by the twinax "pigtail" that attaches to the communication port.
		Ethernet Dumb Terminal --Functions as twinax, coax, or ASCII terminal, attaching via ethernet cable in a TCP/IP network.
	www.commercecomputer.com /terminals.html (299 words)

	Boundless targets dumb terminals \| CNET News.com
		Esker, which is now reworking its terminal emulation software to run on the Boundless thin client, the Viewpoint TC Model 100.
		The terminals are called "dumb" because they have very little processing power; nearly all of the computer "intelligence" resides on the mainframe.
		To truly take over for dumb terminals, however, they also have to be able to hook up to mainframes.
	news.com.com /2100-1033-200835.html?legacy=cnet&st.ne.fd.mdh (591 words)

	Computer Dealer News: Dumb terminals smarten up - Industry Trend or Event (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fung, CEO of Toronto-based Charon Systems, says although the market for thin clients is small, their potential is "enormous," especially when companies factor in the total cost of ownership and return on investment offered by the technology.
		Thin-client computing has its roots in what was popularly known as "dumb terminal" technology: applications reside on a single CPU, and multiple users have access to those applications, but no hard drives or bells or whistles -- just a monitor and an input device.
		Knight says that since Terminal Server, the multi-user kernel from Microsoft, is included in Windows 2000, anyone who upgrades to the new platform will have the ability to deploy terminal services within a multi-user environment.
	www.findarticles.com /cf_dls/m3563/5_16/61650700/p1/article.jhtml (1462 words)

	PCWorld.com - Microsoft Resurrects Dumb Terminals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Terminal Server represents a return to the same centralized approach to computing that was standard back in the 1970s and early 1980s, when dumb terminals and green screens ran off minis and mainframes.
		Terminal Server promises to reduce operating costs and make managing a company's computers easier.
		Terminal Server has already inspired a new generation of thin-client devices--simple systems stripped of the disk drives, high-end CPUs, and expandability that characterize general-purpose PCs.
	www.pcworld.com /reviews/article/0,aid,8518,00.asp (1008 words)

	15.3.1.1 Dumb Terminals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		They are called “dumb” because they have only enough computational power to display, send, and receive text.
		It is the computer to which you connect them that has all the power to run text editors, compilers, email, games, and so forth.
		Some high-end terminals can even display graphics, but only certain software packages can take advantage of these advanced features.
	elibrary.fultus.com /mergedProjects/FreeBSD%20Handbook%204_6/15.3.1.1_dumb_terminals.htm (129 words)

	Wyse dumb terminals in Linux
		Linux will do far more than the terminals will be capable of, and in fact what the terminals will/won't do will be a major problem.
		Assuming these are RS-232 terminals, not Xterminals that have ethernet connectivity, you need a serial port, with some form of getty running on it, for each terminal.
		If they really are "dumb terminals", you're out of luck because by definition that means they don't do graphics...
	www.webservertalk.com /message1085768.html (701 words)

	IBM dumb terminals: 3472, 3483, 3482, 3192, and other coax workstations
		Also known as 3270 terminals, they come in various screen sizes, screen colors, keyboard styles, and with or without a printer port.
		All models of this terminal attach to most VGA or SVGA monitors, have 122-key or 102-key keyboard options, parallel printer port, and mouse option.
		These first generation Infowindow terminals have a choice of 122-key, 102-key, or 104-key keyboards.
	www.commercecomputer.com /3270.html (250 words)

	Dumb terminals end up a smart solution - theage.com.au
		The third-largest not-for-profit health insurer in NSW, HCF had used thin client "dumb terminals" in remote offices since the early 1980s to provide staff with access to its COBOL-based mainframe transaction system.
		When the opportunity arose to switch to PCs during a recent $2.3 million branch network upgrade, the cost of maintaining the head office PCs convinced HCF's management information systems manager Wayne Miller to not only stick with thin clients in remote offices, but to deploy them in the head office as well.
		"We knew that with 250 dumb terminals out there, the number of support calls we got for them was less than the 100 PCs that we used in the call centre in the head office," Miller says.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/11/03/1067708122497.html (677 words)

	QSI - Manufacturer of Mobile Data and Operator Interface Terminals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Our mobile data terminals (MDT) for vehicle applications are capable of communicating via serial, Ethernet and attaching to various vehicle networks like J1708 and J1939.
		QSI excels in making custom or semi-custom human machine interface terminals that withstand high levels of shock, vibration, humidity and other environmental parameters.
		Our mobile data terminals (MDT) for vehicle applications ar capable of communicating via serial, Ethernet and attaching to various vehicle networks like J1708 and J1939.
	www.qsicorp.com (462 words)

	ITP.net {Features: Dumb terminals}
		This is not true as the support of the older PCs is a constant issue and terminal servers are often underpowered, which gives the user a poor experience and ultimately a dissatisfaction with the [machine’s] performance,” he explains.
		And, while the hardware vendors are offering dumb terminals that come with a customised thin client processor, basic memory, an operating system and a browser with network connectivity for as little as US$350, it ignores the fact that IT managers then have to add the monitor, peripherals and software licenses.
		However, those keen to promote thin client computing argue that even if the initial outlay for dumb terminals is higher then the total cost of ownership (TCO) is lower as the machines see active service for longer than the average PC.
	www.itp.net /features/details.php?id=1715&category= (1965 words)

	DJC.COM: Microsoft releases software for "dumb" terminals, provided by Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
		Dumb terminals, also known as thin clients, do not have the memory or processing power that personal computers have.
		Devices using Terminal Standard 1.5 can be linked to larger computers running Windows 2000, the company said.
		The larger computers can then be used to download new instructions to or gather information from the terminal devices.
	www.djc.com /news/tech/11005014.html (147 words)

	Windows XP help- use of "Dumb Terminals" in XP?
		Dumb terminal use "serial" signals to control the display of
		dumb terminals were just a crt and display card, a keyboard and
		The lack of a PC motherboard in the terminal should not be a determining
	pcbanter.net /showthread.php?t=780552 (939 words)

	The UNIX Forums - Regarding UNIX dumb terminals
		All the dumb terminals will have to be connected with serial cabling.
		I am extremely familiar with connecting "dumb" terminals to Unix servers as well as PC's using terminal emulation software.
		Normally 38400 is the max in which you would connect a "dumb" terminal since more than likely you are using a text based application.
	www.unix.com /showthread.php?t=3686 (358 words)

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