Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!vision!chris From: chris@visionware.co.uk (Chris Davies) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: wouldn't it be nice if.... Message-ID: <1991May21.151212.22288@visionware.co.uk> Date: 21 May 91 15:12:12 GMT References: <834@hartmanis.albany.edu> <8524@uceng.UC.EDU> Reply-To: chris@visionware.co.uk (Chris Davies) Organization: VisionWare Ltd., Leeds, UK Lines: 17 >bchen@wpi.WPI.EDU (Bi Chen) writes: >I wounder if a 2400 bps modem would ever be fast enough to make a 386 >an X terminal? Isn't it impossible or is it? In article <8524@uceng.UC.EDU> dsims@uceng.UC.EDU (david l sims) writes: >I recall reading that X Windows requires at least a 19.2K serial line to run >at a "just okay" level. Now since 2400 is approximately eight times slower than >19.2K, you make the decision. It would be interesting to see X in action >on a 2400 line.... No it wouldn't. It's about as interesting as watching paint dry. Chris -- VISIONWARE LTD, 57 Cardigan Lane, LEEDS LS4 2LE, England Tel +44 532 788858. Fax +44 532 304676. Email chris@visionware.co.uk -------------- "VisionWare: The home of DOS/UNIX/X integration" -------------