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From: dsamperi@marob.masa.com (Dominick Samperi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.windows.x
Subject: X Terminals or Workstations
Keywords: X, terminals, workstations
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Date: 18 Jan 90 23:12:17 GMT
Followup-To: comp.windows.x
Organization: ESCC, New York City
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I saw some impressive illustrations of the power of workstations like
the DEC 3100 at the recent conference on X Windows at MIT (I was
particularly impressed by the smooth scrolling of complex color windows
within other windows). Several speakers at the conference expressed the
opinion that moderately complex X applications should be run on a
workstation in the 5 MIPS range, minimum (making a Sun 3/60 too slow,
for example). I saw no X terminals at the conference.

Is this 5 MIPS minimum necessary on the server end? Which X terminals
provide servers with this power? More generally, would people comment
on their experiences with X terminals from various vendors? Another
interesting topic is just what are the advantages of a workstation over
an X terminal (connected to a powerful server). This latter question
seems "obvious" until you think about it for a while.
-- 
Dominick Samperi -- Citicorp
dsamperi@Citicorp.COM
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