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From: jg@crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: printing at X terminals
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Date: 23 Jul 90 15:33:20 GMT
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Hmm....  I'm not sure I'd want my X terminal talking a proprietary protocol
over the wire.

Much better would be a version of SLIP or PTP (point to point protocol, which
is replacing slip) with good header compression, and a X specific protocol
compressor running over it.

'Cause I'd like to have other IP cognizant devices at home, like my
workstation,
laser printer, etc, all over the one modem....  Then a seperate TCP port seems
like a trivial thing to do...

Monopolizing my modem (and even more important, my home phone line)
seems like a
a terrible lose to me....
				- Jim