Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!batcomputer!caen!malgudi!ucunix.san.uc.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!news.cs.indiana.edu!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!ox.com!math.fu-berlin.de!opal!seahawk!prange From: prange@cs.tu-berlin.de (Martin Prange) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview Subject: Re: Desqview/X and UNIX Message-ID: Date: 22 Jun 91 07:19:20 GMT References: <6320@mindlink.bc.ca> <6683@gssc.UUCP> Sender: prange@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de Organization: Technical University of Berlin Lines: 70 Hi Netpeople! In article <6683@gssc.UUCP> johnp@gssc.UUCP (John Providenza) writes: ..... > 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. But that's just *one* half of the cake! Remenber: X11 works *remote* too, and that's a quite powerful feature, since whereever you can establish a tcp/ip connection between PC A and Unix-machine B, you'll be able to run xeyes (either xeyes.exe or unix-executable ) on *both* machines: TRIVIAL CASE: program:local display:local A <------------> B /--\ /---\ PC-User (runs xeyes.exe) program:remote display:local A <------------> B /--\ /---\ PC-User (runs unix-xeyes: "rsh B xeyes -display A:0") That's *definitely* cool, isn't it ??? More: You`ll be able to contact the Unix-machines and PC's with the *same* Interface for Inter-Process-Communication ! :-) Martin. Disclaimer: I'm *NOT* assocciated with Quaterdeck at all. -- Martin Prange | Cheruskerstr. 21a | USENET: ...%!{unido,pyramid}!tub!opal!prange 1000 Berlin 62 | BITNET: prange%opal@DB0TUI11.BITNET Germany | or prange%opal@DB0TUI11.EARN -------------------+----------------------------------------------------- There are two kinds of people in this world: Those that want to _be_ something, and those that want to _do_ something. ( There is less competition in the second category. )