https://geekyschmidt.com/tags/thinclients/Recent content in ThinClients on Geeky Schmidthttps://geekyschmidt.com/images/papermod-cover.pnghttps://geekyschmidt.com/images/papermod-cover.pngHugoenCopyright ©2002-2026, Nicholas Schmidt; all rights reserved.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2026-09-14-lowendmac/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2026-09-14-lowendmac/<p>The narrative of computing is often sold as a straight line: bigger, faster, heavier, more expensive. We are told that progress means stuffing more silicon into our pockets until the battery dies by noon. But anyone who has spent time in the trenches knows the truth. <strong>Everything in computers is cyclical.</strong> We are currently witnessing a massive pendulum swing back to the philosophy of the 1980s: the Thin Client.</p> <h2 id="the-origins-c64-and-the-bbs">The Origins: C64 and the BBS</h2> <p>My journey didn&rsquo;t start with a standalone workstation. It started with a Commodore 64 acting as a dumb terminal. As a kid, I dialed into Bulletin Board Systems (BBS), connecting to machines miles away that held all the data, the logic, and the power. The C64 was merely a window—a keyboard and a screen. It didn&rsquo;t matter if the local machine had 64KB of RAM; what mattered was the connection to the host.</p>