{"id":1980,"date":"2012-03-18T21:30:54","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T04:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/?p=1980"},"modified":"2012-03-18T21:32:25","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T04:32:25","slug":"wyse-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/?p=1980","title":{"rendered":"Wyse Client"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t mention it but last week Thursday I came across a Wyse SX0 S90 thin client at the \u00a0downtown RE-PC store. \u00a0It was $10 I picked it up thinking it was a minor risk.<\/p>\n<p>I was really happy with it and picked up two yesterday, they are not as good as the first one, but still pretty happy with it.<\/p>\n<p>Here is my review<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1981\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Wyse-Thin-Client.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1981\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1981\" title=\"Wyse SX0 S90 Thin Client\" src=\"http:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Wyse-Thin-Client-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"Wyse SX0 S90 Thin Client\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Wyse-Thin-Client-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Wyse-Thin-Client.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wyse SX0 S90 Thin Client<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is not a Raspberry Pi but it is a cheap PC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First the bad stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This unit came with Windows XP on it but I did not think I was going to go with it, instead I loaded CentOS 5.7 on a 4GB USB flash drive and ran it from there.<\/li>\n<li>The local storage on these devices was also failing. \u00a0So it made sense to go with an OS that could run on a Flash Drive. \u00a0The problem with running on a flash drive is IO, if it needs to access something on disk it could be really slow. \u00a0I am using a cheapo USB flash drive, maybe a better quality one would be better.<\/li>\n<li>Another problem was the time, it did not seem to persist if you unplugged the power supply. \u00a0There does not seem to be a battery I could replace, to have time persist when it is unplugged.<\/li>\n<li>Another problem is that I had to leave it plugged in for a bit before I could power it on. Seemed like something needed to &#8220;charge up&#8221; before I could turn it on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>But there are some really good things about this unit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Low low power usage \u00a0I think it is using 6.6 watts, anyway it is low. \u00a0I will put my kill-a-watt on it later to see what its draw is.<\/li>\n<li>It can PXE boot, USB boot and local boot, making building it pretty simple. \u00a0You don&#8217;t have to deal with weird embedded booting process.<\/li>\n<li>It has audio, video, usb, network, and serial. \u00a0Making it an ideal environment for a supplmental arduino and X10 control center.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, the most important feature, it is dirt cheap, $10, here&#8217;s the receipt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1982\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Wyse-Receipt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1982\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1982\" title=\"Wyse Receipt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Wyse-Receipt-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Wyse Receipt\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Wyse-Receipt-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Wyse-Receipt.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wyse Receipt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is for 2 and included the power supply (thanks Jake at RE-PC), there was a sticker price of $40 and it is not supposed to include a power supply. \u00a0But the power supply would have been just $2 more and I got it for $10 because there were others for $10, same thing.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the cpuinfo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre># cat \/proc\/cpuinfo\r\nprocessor       : 0\r\nvendor_id       : Geode by NSC\r\ncpu family      : 5\r\nmodel           : 5\r\nmodel name      : Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by National Semi\r\nstepping        : 2\r\ncpu MHz         : 398.457\r\ncache size      : 32 KB\r\nfdiv_bug        : no\r\nhlt_bug         : no\r\nf00f_bug        : no\r\ncoma_bug        : no\r\nfpu             : yes\r\nfpu_exception   : yes\r\ncpuid level     : 1\r\nwp              : yes\r\nflags           : fpu de pse tsc msr cx8 pge cmov mmx mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up\r\nbogomips        : 796.91<\/pre>\n<p>Has 256MB of RAM, more than enough for Linux (and what I am going to do with this)<\/p>\n<p>If I did not like this unit, I would not have gone back and purchased two more. \u00a0I want to get more, but now I am just getting greedy.<\/p>\n<p>Back to my training<\/p>\n<p>I ran today, it was finally dry enough, but farking cold. \u00a0Just a 1 lap though.<\/p>\n<p>Time: 12:16.54<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t mention it but last week Thursday I came across a Wyse SX0 S90 thin client at the \u00a0downtown RE-PC store. \u00a0It was $10 I picked it up thinking it was a minor risk. 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