Re: Network Sound?

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 	I have seven NCD X-terminals attached to my Linux box,  these provide
> very nice large screens but performance is a bit sluggish compared to a PC
> with a new-ish video card and they only do 8 bit color.  So I am thinking about
> replacing the X-terminal part (and re-using) the monitors on small cheap PC's
> with ethernet cards.  I am wondering if there is any way, or protocol, to 
> handle sound over a network like X handles graphics?  So if the "terminal"
> has a sound card the audio will come out their and not from the speakers
> connected to the main box,  in fact I'd like to take the sound card out of
> the server.

I don't know the details of how it works, but the newer HP X-Terminals
do sound.  (the XT's have speaker jacks just on like a sound card)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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