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From: pda@stiatl.UUCP (Paul Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.terminals
Subject: Re: X-Windows terminal from Wyse ?
Keywords: X Terminals
Message-ID: <469@stiatl.UUCP>
Date: 29 Sep 88 13:38:13 GMT
References: <215@ists> <16248@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
Reply-To: pda@stiatl.UUCP (Paul Anderson)
Organization: Sales Technologies Inc., Atlanta, GA
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In article <16248@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> casey@cs.ucla.edu (Casey Leedom) writes:
>In article <215@ists> mike@ists.yorku.ca (Mike Clarkson) writes:
>> I've heard that Wyse may be planning to introduce an X-Windows terminal
>> with built-in Ethernet soon.  Costs around $3000.  Does anyone have any
>> information on this ?
> ...
>  $3K is just too close to the price of certain work stations, and with
>the possibility of being able to run X on your favorite PC just seemingly
>around the corner ...  

Ummm... this is an interesting point. Here at Sales Technologies, we 
have a number of people all equipped with PC's and mice and EGAs...  
We are going to be getting into X in a big way during the next year.  
We also have Phil Karn's source for his PC TCP/IP package and GSS 
drivers for EGA's.  (If you don't know the name, Mr. Karn can be 
found frequenting the ham-radio.packet group. The TCP code is used 
in Amateur Radio Packet Networks.) I suspect that a long weekend hack 
(or 3) is going to result in a PC-XTerminal.  As a (usenet) group, 
we are probably far closer to having an XTerminal than industrial 
sources are.  The big and only question that I have is "Can I get 
it to fit in 640k?" (The classic 10 pounds of guana (no offense 
intended) in a 6 pound bag]  :-)  :-)

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Paul Anderson                                         decvax!gatech!stiatl!pda
Sales Technologies, Inc
3399 Peachtree Rd, NE				      X isn't just an adventure,
Atlanta, GA  (404) 841-4000			      X is a way of life...