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From: bunten@hpcndaw.CND.HP.COM (Steve Bunten)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: X Windows on PC
Message-ID: <1530019@hpcndaw.CND.HP.COM>
Date: 19 Jun 91 00:17:20 GMT
References: <33347@usc>
Organization: HP Colorado Networks Division
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There are several different vendors who do provide X/Windows on the PC.
Some are DOS-based and a few are now Windows 3.0-based.  As mentioned
earlier there are three (that I know of) who support Windows - VisionWare's
X/Vision, Hummingbird's eXceed, and Integrated Inference Machines X11/AT.
They all support various TCP stacks such as FTP's, PC-NFS, HP PC ARPA
Services, and Novell/Excelan among others.

Among DOS X Servers, Quarterdeck has a product as well as Spectragrapics GSS
(PC Xview).  I know that Quarterdeck supports FTP's TCP & Novell and are
working on others.  PC Xview supports several networks including HP ARPA
Services and 3+Open TCP, although the brochure I have only lists Beame &
Whiteside.  IIM & Hummingbird also offer DOS-based X-Servers.

To contact each vendor I mentioned for more details and what they support,
their phone numbers are:

	VisionWare	612-377-3627 (US distributors are Unipress & GSS)
	Hummingbird	416-470-1203
	Quarterdeck	213-392-9851
	GSS		503-641-2200
	IIM		714-978-6776

I cannot tell you who's product is best.  I have seen all of them working
either here at HP or at various trade shows.  They all probably have their
own pluses and minuses.

Steve Bunten
HP Colorado Networks Division