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From: kelley@.uucp (Dan E. Kelley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Should I buy an X terminal (versus a workstation)
Message-ID: <1989Sep6.033916.7193@.uucp>
Date: 6 Sep 89 03:39:16 GMT
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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INTRODUCTION: I'm am too poor to buy even a baby sun3.  And I'm scared
of being a system administrator of my own sun (ie, if I do that, I'll
never get tenure).  But I'm trying to do science on a CRT terminal,
and this can't go on much longer ...  I need decent graphics to see my
data!

QUESTION: Should I buy an X terminal to connect to the remote Sun
4/280 I use?  This sounded like an ideal solution until I was told
today that X is a changing `standard', and that I might suffer a risk
of my terminal becoming obsolete before it's delivered to the
boondocks here in Nova Scotia.  So how 'bout it, X fans: 
 (1) is an X terminal a `good thing' or a bad choice for a dumb
scientist who would like a workstation-style environment without
getting a workstation?
 (2) are there some terminals with a software system which would avoid
me buying new ROMS?

REPLYING: If you think your advice is useful for the net, please post;
otherwise, please email to me.  I don't want to start a `garbage war'
like the idiotic `signature' debate on the newusers group.  Thanks for
any help!

Dan E. Kelley
Dept. of Oceanography, Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA, B3H 4J1 (902)424-1694
email:   kelley@cs.dal.ca  --or--  {uunet watmath}!dalcs!kelley




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Dan E. Kelley
Dept. of Oceanography, Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA, B3H 4J1 (902)424-1694
email:   kelley@cs.dal.ca  --or--  {uunet watmath}!dalcs!kelley