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From: ian@unipalm.uucp (Ian Phillipps)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: Desqview/X and UNIX
Message-ID: <1991Jun26.132212.26386@unipalm.uucp>
Date: 26 Jun 91 13:22:12 GMT
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Organization: Unipalm Ltd., Cambridge, England
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Robert_Broughton@mindlink.bc.ca (Robert Broughton) writes:

>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?

First a disclaimer: I work for a company selling FTP's and GSS's
software, and have on my desk a booklet describing Desqview/X which is
stamped "CONFIDENTIAL".

So, what I knew before I read this book was that Desqview/X is intended
to talk to other X systems via FTP's PC/TCP, and uses X server technology
from GSS/Spectragraphics.

So the answer is "yes".  Other posters have pointed out that existing
programs will make a PC an X server already. The missing link in the
other products is being able to make effective use of DOS commands
remotely. (I exclude the rsh server embedded in PC/XView as it's fairly
limited and suspends the X server while it's doing it.)

Ian