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From: jmsynge@sqm.dec.com (James M Synge, DTN 381-1545)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Help: definitions and terminology
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Date: Tue, 28-Apr-87 17:38:03 EDT
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In article <2393@bacall.UUCP> papa@bacall.UUCP (Marco Papa) writes:

>While it is true that X REQUIRES Berkeley style UNIX...

WRONG!  The X Window System is designed with a client-server model, where
the communication takes place with TCP in the initial implementation.  The
client and server can be running totally different OSs.  Thus your client
on a 4.3 machine could be displaying on an Amiga which had an implementation
of the server side and an ethernet board.  I've talked with some guys at MIT
who are attempting to do just that.

James Synge

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