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From: rodney@solar.card.inpu.oz.au (Rodney Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.terminals
Subject: X Terminals and PC X-Emulation - Any Comments?
Message-ID: <1990Aug30.014059.2455@solar.card.inpu.oz.au>
Date: 30 Aug 90 01:40:59 GMT
Organization: Telecom Australia
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We are in the process of evaluating the viability of using a number of X
terminals / PC X-Emulators remotely. That is we wish to run up to one
hundred terminals (mixed X terminals and PC's) off a largish host. Firstly
these terminals are all dispersed and so must run over a serial line. Only
about ten of these terminals need to be operating at any one time but I
guess it is possible for all one hundred to be logged in at once but only
ten will be doing something (90 idle tasks). 
Now what I need to know is:

    1: does anyone have any experience with X terminals used remotely in
    this way and if so -
	 What Terminals?
	 What line speed is required? - I have played with an NCD at 9600
		 4800 and 2400 BAUD and it seems quite usable but I would
		 like an informed user opinion.
	 How Many terminals off a host?

    2: does anyone have experience with PC X-Emulation packages running
    over serial lines and if so - The same questions as above.

    3: What sort of host machine are we looking at here and is it feasible
        to run this sort of load (100 Terminals running X)?

Is there a definative list of currently available X terminals that run
serially (possible using compression) and PC X emulation packages that
some kind soul can send me with relevant details????

If anyone has any comments at all on this I would be glad to hear from you
via news or Email - If I get enough replies I will post a SUMMARY if it is
of general interest.

	   			Thanks in Advance - Rodney......
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Rodney Campbell			MHSnet: rodney@solar.card.inpu.oz.au
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