The Network Computer?

What of the much hyped "$500 Network Computer"?

Reference: LAN Times, June 24, 1996

• Considerations
• Standards

Considerations

• Data Link Capacity
  • LANs - 10, 16 and 100 Mb/s in both direstions
  • ADSL - Asynchronous Subscriber Line - 576 Kb/s upstream, 6 Mb/s downstream
  • Cable Modems - 10 Mb/s both ways
  • HDSL High bit rate Digital SUbscriber Line -- up to 2 Mb/s in both directions
  • ISDN - multiples of 64 Kb/s in each direction
  • Wireless - CAI Wireless Systems - 27Mb/s downstream, 9.6 Kb/s upstream
  • Lucent - 10 Mb/s both ways
  • Satellite - 2 to 51 Mb/s both ways
• Software Availability
• Configuration Required

Standards

• IP Based Protocols
  • TCP
  • ftp
  • telnet
  • NFS
  • UDP
  • SNMP
  • DHCP
  • BOOTP
• WWW Protocols
  • HTML
  • HTTP
  • Java
  • cgi
• Email Protocols
  • SMTP
  • IMAP4
  • POP3
• Multimedia Formats
  • JPEG
  • GIF
  • WAV
  • AU
• Security Standards
  • SSL
  • ISO 7816 SmartCards
  • EuroPay/MasterCard/Visa specifications