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From: kadie@thucydides.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X over a fast modem?
Message-ID: <1990Oct13.031406.4342@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 13 Oct 90 03:14:06 GMT
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In <1990Oct5.023310.12638@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> I write:

>Is it practical to run X over a fast modem?
>Is V.32 (9600 baud) modem with V.42bis compression fast enough?

Here is a summary of responses:

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Yes: GraphOn OptimaX 200 -- V.32/V.42bis
Doubt a SLIP/X would work well
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Text will fare quite a bit better than graphics.
SL/IP's fairly slow. 
Some X terminals run the actual server on the host.
I can really feel the difference between a direct connection and a Telebit 
     running at 9600 baud.
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V.32 is acceptable on a Graphon X terminal 
   (server in the host, compressed serial proprietary protocol)
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NCD xterminal's practical.
Not as much fun as having a SparcStation, but OK.
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AT clone, PC-XView (from GSS), and FTP network software
with SLIP, and SLIP in the Ultrix (DEC) environment.
 ->
9600 didn't exactly blaze, but it wasn't too bad.  
4800 was hard to use, 
2400 losed big time.

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Thanks for your input. I hope QuarterDeck is listening. I think usability
at 9600 baud could be a big selling point for their DesqView/X product.

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Carl Kadie  --- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu
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