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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: X-11 over serial?
Message-ID: <180@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 16 Dec 90 15:34:44 GMT
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stevewi@hpspdra.HP.COM (Steve Witten) writes:

>The specifications for a the X Window System state that the only
>restriction on client/server communications is that it be over a
>"reliable byte-stream" transport.  However, most commercial suppliers
>of X interpret the term "reliable byte stream" to mean TCP.  While it
>is technically feasible (I worked on a project that used Kermit as the
>transport between a UNIX client and a server running on an IBM PC),
>you probably won't be able to buy such a beast -- you'll probably have
>to roll your own...

	At a recent computer expo here in DC I saw an NCD X-terminal
running X-windows over a 9600 baud V.32 line using their proprietary
X-remote protocol. Very impressive, though not quite as fast as the
more common ethernet connection. Still, I wouldn't try to run anything
serious over a 2400 baud line. :-)