Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!wang!mdtv!roger From: roger@mdtv.uucp Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Using VAXStation 2000 as X-terminal Message-ID: <7.27480791@mdtv.uucp> Date: 19 Nov 90 20:25:53 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Matra Datavision Inc., Tewksbury MA Lines: 23 In article , perf@efd.lth.se (Per Foreby) writes: > We have 20 VAXstn 2000 which are never used because our Sun's are much > faster. Our DEC salesman came up with an idea: Buy som new DECstation > 2100's, put 24 Mb in each of them, and use the old 2000's as > X-terminals. > > In this way, by purchasing 20 DECstation 2100, we could get 40 fast > workstations. > > Comments? Has anyone tried this? > -- > Per Foreby Email: perf@efd.lth.se > System manager at EFD, Lund Institute of Technology (Lund University) > Snail: E-huset, LTH, Box 118, S-221 00 LUND, Sweden. Phone: +46 46 107492 Why not just use the Suns as X clients? Also, your VS 2000s are most likely 4 plane machines. Make sure your X applications can handle 4 plane visuals gracefully. Ours don't. :-( Roger Corron | Voice: +1 508 640 0940 Fax: +1 508 640 0836 Matra Datavision, Inc.| 2 Highwood Drive | UUCP: {decvax,wang,uunet!samsung}!mdtv!r_corron Tewksbury, MA. 01876 |