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From: SAMcinty@exua.exeter.ac.uk (Scott McIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: X on the NeXT
Message-ID: <1387@exua.exeter.ac.uk>
Date: 17 Jun 91 11:40:07 GMT
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Ok, novice question time....what precisely is X?  What does it do?
 
As far as I have been able to make out, it is a client/server package
to allow networked machines to create windows that run X applications
remotely...is this correct?
 
Secondly, given that I am a standalone next and have no intention of
placing it on a network, should I bother getting X for my colour station?
 
Thanks,
Scott

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