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Company I used to work at had a handful of Sun Ray's which all connected to either an 880 or 6800 in our datacenters if I remember correctly. I always thought t

Company I used to work at had a handful of Sun Ray's which all connected to either an 880 or 6800 in our datacenters if I remember correctly. I always thought they were really cool. I'd love to have something like this for my current setup as I have a large PC with tons of cords and crap all over the place at my desk. Something nice and small but connecting to hardware in the closet where all that mess is hidden would be nice. https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/sun/SunRay1/ https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/sun/SunRay1/ https://www.spectra.com/sun/used-systems/193/sunfire-v890.htm https://www.spectra.com/sun/used-systems/193/sunfire-v890.ht... http://www.anysystem.com/sunfire-6800-special-1.html http://www.anysystem.com/sunfire-6800-special-1.html

aidenn0 3y ago
With two CAT-6 cables, you can run HDMI and USB-2 (to a hub for keyboard/mouse) a fairly long distance with the right extenders: (Note that one reason the HDMI costs $300 is that it does not compress the video; the $30 ones you can find have much longer range, but will use compression). 1: https://www.pulse-eight.com/p/185/neolite-hdmi-extender-set https://www.pulse-eight.com/p/185/neolite-hdmi-extender-set 2: https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Extender-CAT5E-Connection-150ft/dp/B003L14ZTC/ref=asc_df_B003L14ZTC https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Extender-CAT5E-Connection-1...
- chrchr 3y ago
  There are also some super long fiber optic Thunderbolt 3 cables on the market, though like the HDMI-over-cat-6 solution, they are not cheap: Optical Cables by Corning Thunderbolt 3 USB Type-C Male Optical Cable, 50m https://a.co/d/beERef6 https://a.co/d/beERef6
  - aidenn0 3y ago
    Looking at that found this item, which seems to cheap to be good (under $100 for 8k DP over fibre): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4S3F5CK/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4S3F5CK/
    - kijiki 3y ago
      I've been using this $32 15m one for a few weeks: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098QC6XWS https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098QC6XWS It claims 8k60, but I've only used 4k60 though.
shrubble 3y ago
If you look into the SunRay 3i you get 6W max power usage and 1080p screen. The software is available for Linux and Solaris if you can find it.
Scoundreller 3y ago
Ugh, my university was all-in on those in ~2004 or so. They were super slow to login and get into Netscape during daytime hours. Thankfully I could get to the command line faster and knew my way around Pine and Lynx for quick email and newspaper check.
rcarmo 3y ago
I used a Raspberry Pi to do that for ages. All you need is Remmina and proper server setup: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2022/10/23/1700 https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2022/10/23/1700

aidenn0 3y ago

With two CAT-6 cables, you can run HDMI and USB-2 (to a hub for keyboard/mouse) a fairly long distance with the right extenders: (Note that one reason the HDMI costs $300 is that it does not compress the video; the $30 ones you can find have much longer range, but will use compression). 1: https://www.pulse-eight.com/p/185/neolite-hdmi-extender-set https://www.pulse-eight.com/p/185/neolite-hdmi-extender-set 2: https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Extender-CAT5E-Connection-150ft/dp/B003L14ZTC/ref=asc_df_B003L14ZTC https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Extender-CAT5E-Connection-1...

chrchr 3y ago
There are also some super long fiber optic Thunderbolt 3 cables on the market, though like the HDMI-over-cat-6 solution, they are not cheap: Optical Cables by Corning Thunderbolt 3 USB Type-C Male Optical Cable, 50m https://a.co/d/beERef6 https://a.co/d/beERef6
- aidenn0 3y ago
  Looking at that found this item, which seems to cheap to be good (under $100 for 8k DP over fibre): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4S3F5CK/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4S3F5CK/
  - kijiki 3y ago
    I've been using this $32 15m one for a few weeks: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098QC6XWS https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098QC6XWS It claims 8k60, but I've only used 4k60 though.

shrubble 3y ago

If you look into the SunRay 3i you get 6W max power usage and 1080p screen. The software is available for Linux and Solaris if you can find it.

Scoundreller 3y ago

Ugh, my university was all-in on those in ~2004 or so. They were super slow to login and get into Netscape during daytime hours. Thankfully I could get to the command line faster and knew my way around Pine and Lynx for quick email and newspaper check.

rcarmo 3y ago

I used a Raspberry Pi to do that for ages. All you need is Remmina and proper server setup: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2022/10/23/1700 https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2022/10/23/1700