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From: ian@unipalm.uucp (Ian Phillipps)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: X Windows on PC
Keywords: X11, TCP/IP, X Windows
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.101652.5068@unipalm.uucp>
Date: 12 Jun 91 10:16:52 GMT
References: <33347@usc> <1991Jun6.084047.14305@visionware.co.uk>
Organization: Unipalm Ltd., Cambridge, England
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chris@visionware.co.uk (Chris Davies) writes:

>In article <33347@usc> engwall@mtha.usc.edu (Ralph Engwall) writes:

>>I need info on Xterm emulator programs that will let a PC  
>>function as an X terminal.  Any recommendations or suggestions welcome.  I
>>understand that these programs generally require at least a 386 PC for 
>>decent performance and usually rely on one of the commercial TCP/IP packages 
>>like FTP Software's PC/IP.  The perfect solution would use a PD/freeware 

PCIP was the original public domain program. FTP's package is called PC/TCP.
Simple really. Just take a can of alphabet soup and...

>>TCP/IP package and run under MS-Windows 3.0, but I'm a realist and I'll take
>>what I can get. :->

>I don't know of any freeware (or even shareware) X terminal packages
>for PCs.  The cheapest (financially) would be to (attempt to) crowbar
>the MIT sources, but this would be a _lot_ of work (segmented
>architecture, MS Windows, etc).

>There are several commercial offerings - including our own XVision 4.0
>(small plug!), which is an X11r4 server.  It uses one of several
  ^^^^^^^^^^

Since Visionware are using the Usenet for commercial purposes, let me also
mention IIM's X11/AT product, which also uses Microsoft windows.
It has a number of advantages, such as being able to offer a client 256
colours - I've seen a number of clients mightily confused by 16-colour-only
servers.

There are also several PC-X servers which don't use Windows, and gain
somewhat in speed from this.

A previous correspondent has mentioned other packages - I don't know much
about them, so I can't comment.

In practice, the licence cost of FTP's kernel is low compared to most X
servers, especially for multiple users on a single site.  You only need
the kernel if all your interaction is going to be via X.

Ian
Disclaimer - we distribute FTP and IIM's products in the UK.
Nothing I've said is an opinion of FTP, IIM, Unipalm.