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From: johnp@gssc.UUCP (John Providenza)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: Desqview/X and UNIX
Message-ID: <6683@gssc.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jun 91 17:28:57 GMT
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Organization: Graphic Software Systems,  Bvtn OR
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Robert_Broughton@mindlink.bc.ca (Robert Broughton) writes:

>My apologies in advance if this subject has been discussed here previously.
>Also, X/Window is something I'm just getting into.

>Am I correct in understanding that one of the uses of Desqview/X would be to
>make it possible to use a 386/486 type machine as an X Terminal? (I hope so;
>Imagine running MS/DOS applications locally, and UNIX applications running
>elsewhere, at the same time). If so, where would TCP/IP support come from? Is
>it built into Desqview/X, or would you have to buy it somewhere else?
>--
>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

A number of companies (including ours) already sell products that
"turn your PC into an X terminal". They use standard networking
software to provide the connection to the net. Some companies
(including ours) also have available packages that include the
network software and/or high resolution graphics cards and/or
ethernet cards for "one stop shopping".

My understanding of Deskview/X is that it will allow X applications
to run on your PC and use the X protocol to talk directly to local
graphics hardware. The X application must (obviously) be compiled
to 80x86 binary to run locally.

Hope this is helpful.


John Providenza
Spectragraphics/Graphic Software Systems  (aka GSS)
503-641-2200