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From: dan@gacvx2.gac.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: NeXT Window server access from other nonNeXT systems...
Message-ID: <1990Nov29.221957.781@gacvx2.gac.edu>
Date: 30 Nov 90 04:19:56 GMT
Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota
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I would like to see a set of programming libraries for "nonNeXT" systems so
that I could write programs that display windows on the NeXT.  It would be neat
if I could hop over to a cray and type "splatneatimage -NXHost mynext" and have
the cray open a window on my next, filling it with wonderfull stuff.  I know
that this is possible using things like X11, but a more NeXT like solution
would make me happy :-).

While writing this, I just had an idea for a simple sounding daemon that would
listen on a TCP port.  A program on a remote host could open a TCP connection
to that port and write Display Postscript(tm) to the NeXT, the daemon on the
NeXT would pop open the window and display the image.  Some method of sending
NeXT events to the window back to the remote host would be cool.  Now if I just
had time to program...

..or NeXT could market the Cray YMP under the name NeXTsuper, or awesomeNeXT,
they could even order them from Cray in black...I predict great acceptance in
the educational market as long as they sell them for less than $3995.00!!!! :-)

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Dan Boehlke                    Internet:  dan@gac.edu
Campus Network Manager         BITNET:    dan@gacvax1.bitnet
Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, MN 56082 USA        Phone:     (507)931-7596