What is WTware
WTware is a software Windows Terminal Services Client for diskless computer network boot, easy-configurable, undemanding to equipment and reliable.
Terminal (also known as Thin Client, Windows Based Terminal or NetPC) is a device for information input and display. Applications (Word, Excel or any other Windows application) are executed on the server, but a terminal user works as if he works at a computer that is as powerfull as the server. The peculiarity of modern applications is that you can connect dozens of terminals to one server, and users won't notice that the server is used by anyone else.
Terminal Services is a multi-session environment that provides remote computers access to Windows-based programs running on more powerful versions of the Windows Operating system. It is based on Microsoft's own RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and is known and widely used in the enterprises for accessing Windows desktops from remote locations.
WTware is a package for making Windows-terminals. Commercial version WTware PRO costs $20 USA per terminal.
WTware is able to turn into terminals very old computers: even 486th will do, and Pentium-166 provides comfortable work with office applications. There are organizations having shoestring IT budget and lots of old computers. First of all these are educational organizations, libriaries. They can be interested in using WTware instead of computer upgrade, but for various reasons can't afford buying any software. New WTware lite is an easy, reliable and free way of using old hardware.
WTware Lite features:
- Boot by network, from IDE CDROM, IDE hard disk, IDE DiskOnModule, USB flash-disk.
- Connect to Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP terminal servers.
- Any PC can be used as a terminal, even 486th 8Mb RAM.
- Screen resolution up to 800x600, color depth 8, 15, 16 or 24 bit, screen frequency refresh can be configured.
- DIN and PS/2-keyboards, COM and PS/2-mouses can be used.
- LPT-printer can be connected to the terminal, and any computer in the network can use it.
- WTware terminal client includes four video driver libriaries: SVGAlib 1.4.3, SVGAlib 1.9.24, Linux 2.4.32 Framebuffer, X.org 6.8.2. All common video cards are used.
- All released in the last 10 years network cards (ISA, PCI) are supported.
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WTware lite is free and is meant for old computers. All full weight functionality - like larger screen resolutions, floppy/CDROM/USB flash access, USB mouses support - you will find in WTware PRO.