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From:  (Jonathan Foley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look,comp.windows.x
Subject: Using NCD X-Terminals off a Sparc 2 with OpenLook
Message-ID: <1991May9.223252.24037@meteor.wisc.edu>
Date: 9 May 91 22:32:52 GMT
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Hello:

I would like to pose the following question:  

We are getting a couple of NCD brand color X terminals that will
come with 8 MBytes RAM each...We would like to hook them all
up to a Sparcstation 2 which is currently running OpenWindows.  

i.     Can the NCD terminal handle OpenWindows?  What about font
       support?  Anything strange with this? 

ii.    The NCDs are supposed to have a local 'Motif-like' windows
       manager.  Would that have any problems running clients from
       the Sparc 2?  

iii.   Has anyone done this?


iv.    Can three NCDs with 8 Bytes each be hooked up to a Sparcstation 2
       that has 64 Mbytes?  These terminals will be used mainly by people
       who are doing simple terminal connections and simple graphics.

v.     Any suggestions to improve the performance of such a system?


Thanks in advance for any and all information.  Please email to the
address below, and I will post a summary.

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