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From: karsh@geowhiz.UUCP (Bruce Karsh)
Newsgroups: net.graphics
Subject: IBM PC W/ Ethernet & Graphics?
Message-ID: <331@geowhiz.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 30-Nov-85 13:27:40 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 30 13:27:40 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 2-Dec-85 03:15:51 EST
Reply-To: karsh@geowhiz.UUCP (Bruce Karsh)
Organization: UW Madison, Geology Dept.
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  We have been using Visual 500 terminals for a lot of our graphics
work here.  They are RS232 terminals with a single plane bitmap.  I'm
not very happy with this approach as RS232 is too slow.  However, they
are fairly inexpensive (i.e. under $2000).

It seems like the next level of sophistication is graphics workstations
like the Sun.  They are, however, too expensive for us.

  Has anybody tried using IBM PC's with ethernet and graphics as
graphics terminals on a UNIX system?  Is this a feasable way to
go.  Does anybody make a packaged system like this?


-- 

Bruce Karsh
U. Wisc. Dept. Geology and Geophysics
1215 W Dayton, Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-1697
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