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From: DEG41560@UA1VM.BITNET (Rob Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Of Apollos, Token-Rings, and Ethernets
Message-ID: <8901261925.AA12244@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 26 Jan 89 15:44:02 GMT
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Hi,

 I need a little advice.  We are in the process of getting several Apollo
machines here.  We currently have X on two VAXstations here, and will most
likely run X on the new Apollo machines as well.  We also will be adding
some PC's to the net.  We may arm the PCs with something like Xsight from
Locus to display Xwindows on the PC screens.

 By the way, I would like feedback on Xsight and any similar products. Yes,
salesmen can take this as an opportunity to bombard me with letters.  I
have had the hardest time aquiring literature on PC - X products.  When I
say we in this letter, I mean the University of Alabama.  Please take this
opportunity to show your wares.  User feedback would also be great.

 Anyway, the real question is this:  The Apollo salesmen want us to go with
a token ring for the Apollos and PCs.  Will this be compatable with X?
I know nothing about networking, so please feel free to correct any
ignorance I have expressed here.

                                                   Thanks,
                                                     Rob.