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From: pap@gucis.sct.gu.edu.au (Paul Pritchard)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Performance of SPARCstation SLC as X-terminal
Message-ID: <1991Apr22.040814.14498@gucis.sct.gu.edu.au>
Date: 22 Apr 91 04:08:14 GMT
Organization: Griffith University
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I'm aware of X-terminal performance measures which are relative to a
Sun-3/50 (such as xbench). But I've not come across any assessment of
a (diskless) Sun SPARCstation SLC as an X-terminal. I'd be most grateful
for any enlightenment.

The more fundamental question is choosing whether to purchase X-terminals
or SLCs. Sun's university pricing means that, ordered in quantity, diskless
SLCs are not much more expensive than monochrome X-terminals (with slightly
larger screens but smaller memory); and maintenance for the former is
considerably less.

--Paul Pritchard pap@leonardo.sct.gu.edu.au