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From: goldman@mbcl.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: bionet.software
Subject: Re: X-Windows, InterViews, and molecular biology software
Message-ID: <318.27c24918@mbcl.rutgers.edu>
Date: 20 Feb 91 14:01:59 GMT
References: <1991Feb13.005957.3523@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> <91045.175752X03@psuvm.psu.edu>
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In article <91045.175752X03@psuvm.psu.edu>, X03@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> I have a question about using X terminal.  Currently we are using Silicon
> Graphics IRIS for protein structure manipulation.  The programs we have are
> QUANTA, MIDAS,...  My question is, if it's possible to run such programs from
> an X terminal, since these programs are graphics extensive applications.  Do I
> need a special type of X ternimal, or, say, using MacX to turn a Mac into a
> X ternimal also works?
> 
> BTW, read comp.windows.x for more technique discussions about X windows.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Xiaowu Chen
> Dept Chemistry
> Penn State

The answer to this question is "probably no".  The window manager on an
SGI is called "4Sight", and while it can support X11 apps, most apps that
I am aware of on the SGI are written in native 4Sight using the IRIS graphics
library, so they could not be run from a server X-terminal.  (Unless
all you want is a text terminal, in which case, just rlogin.)

		Adrian Goldman
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