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From: mberkley@active.uvic.ca (Mike  Berkley)
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Subject: Re: Slow X on IBM RS6000?
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Date: 31 Jan 91 16:22:45 GMT
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> On 30 Jan 91 17:04:41 GMT, jonathan@speedy.cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) said:

JE> (Interestingly, this may show the wisdom of runtime-loaded rather
JE> than ROM-based X terminals.  Users of IBM, HP, etc terminals can
JE> just replace the X terminal manager software on one or a few file
JE> servers -- no running around changing tens or hundreds of ROM
JE> chips on every terminal.)

NCD offers the best of these combinations.  A runtime-loaded server
that can be updated frequently and centrally, and a ROM-based server
that can be used if TFTP servers are temporarily unavailable.

Mike Berkley
University of Victoria
mberkley@sirius@UVic.CA