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From: jonnyg@umd5.umd.edu (Jon Greenblatt)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: New X Stations from Tektronix
Message-ID: <5131@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 26 Jul 89 23:44:38 GMT
References: <8907262112.AA02496@xmarketing.WV.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: jonnyg@umd5.umd.edu (Jon Greenblatt)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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In article <8907262112.AA02496@xmarketing.WV.TEK.COM> rickka@xmarketing.wv.tek.COM writes:
>In response to your queries on X terminals, the following is a brief
>description of the present products available from Tektronix.  They were
>announced at Xhibition on June 26th. 
>
>
>TEKTRONIX XN11 COLOR X STATION
>    
>    Base Price:
>	$6995
>
>    Projected Availibity:
>	November 1989
>
>    XServer:
>	X.V11R3 based
>	Limited backing store (not using sample server for backing
>	 store; writing to obscured errors will cause exposure events)
>
>    Screen Attributes:
>	PseudoColor; 4 planes standard, 8 optional
>	16" screen (standard) --  1024 x 768 pixels
>	19" screen (optional) --  1024 x 768 pixels
>

	This does not impress me! For a couple of thousand $ less ? if
your are an academic institution you can get a 6152 IBM RT system which is
much better. The 8514 driver for the 6152 system is probably the fastest color
X windows system in existance.

6152 COLOR X STATION WITH A 8514 MONITOR

	Base price:
		$5k-7k?

	Projected Availability:
		Has been available since late '88

	XServer:
		X.V11R3 Fully implemented. Real Backing Store/Save unders.
			Fairly well debugged.  (Very fast!)

	Screen Attributes:
		Full color: 8 planes, Large color Pallet (24 bit ?)
		1024 x 768 pixels
		15" screen.

	Processor:
		RISC RT/PC card
		Intel 286 system for IO processing and DOS.

	Network:
		Ethernet/Token Ring.

	Also:
		Full 4.3 bsd. NFS, AFS, etc...
		Can be used as a PS2 model 60 running DOS.
		1 or 2 70-110 meg hard disks.


	I am not sure of the accuracy of all the details but you get the Idea.
	We have purchaced a lot of these at Maryland. I use mine as an X11
	terminal for my lager model 125 RT, under these conditions I have an
	extreemly fast environment.

		Can anyone top this for the money?
		Can anyone top this period?

	NOTE: Please don't use this post alone to make monitary decisions.
	      I might be much more bias than I realize.

					JonnyG.
				(jonnyg@rover.umd.edu)

DISCLAIMER: These are my person veiws and do not necessarily reflect those
	of IBM or the University of Maryland.