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From: dacseg@uts.amdahl.com (Scott E. Garfinkle)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,ba.market
Subject: Re: Any X.11 servers for DOS?
Message-ID: <9edU02q446rO01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 4 Aug 89 14:30:07 GMT
References: <12999@well.UUCP>
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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From article <12999@well.UUCP>, by gors@well.UUCP (Gordon Stewart):
> Locus Computing makes a X11 server for DOS -- It's sold also under the
> IBM label as X Windows for PC DOS.  It includes enough rudimentary
> TCP/IP facility (TELNET, low-level drivers, etc.) to manage the
> connection to a host running X clients
> 
> BEWARE -- make sure the Ethernet adapter you intend to use is
> supported!  Ask, and demand a guarantee. We recently got stung because
> the 3COM driver they supply doesn't work with the 503
> adapter -- which (you guessed it) is what we bought..

The 3c503 is, in general, a bad choice for just that reason.  Although it's
very powerful, it is apparently very difficult to program; most packages
simply do not have drivers for it.  The UB NIC board, Western Digital WD8003E,
and 3com 3c501 seem to be pretty safe.
	-scott e. garfinkle
	Digital Analysis Corp.

Disclaimer:  I speak only for myself, and have no relationship with any of
the above-mentioned companies.