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romwa at gpu.utcs.toronto.edu
Fri Mar 31 14:28:28 AEST 1989
In article <939 at applix.UUCP> jim at applix.UUCP (Jim Morton) writes:
>4) If you're looking for X client machines, look for something that will
> offload the host machine of everything except the X protocol - do the
> graphics locally on an X terminal or PC with X client software. From
> what I've seen on the market right now, if you're going to spend $2000
> on an X client system, get PC X client software - that way you still have
> a DOS PC in front of you, reuse potentially existing PC hardware, and
> have something to use if the X server machine goes down. I'll change my
> mind when X terminals get under $1000 and have user-loadable firmware on
> removable media (or downloadable).
>
Do you mean X server here? If the client is remote, then
where's the server? Isn't the host the client and the
terminal the server in X parlance?
Mark T. Dornfeld
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queens Park
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
M5S 2C6
mark at utgpu!rom - or - romwa at utgpu
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