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From: diamant@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM (John Diamant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: X-windows terminals on HP-UX?
Message-ID: <7540022@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM>
Date: 3 Feb 89 04:04:19 GMT
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Organization: HP SESD, Fort Collins, CO
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> Does anyone have experience with an X-windows terminal on HP-UX
> series 300 or 800?

I have successfully used X terminals on HP9000/300 workstations (various
models of the 300) with succesful results.  We have a Visual 640 here in
our lab and it is used almost full-time.  It runs just fine with the
HP X11 product on HP-UX 6.2.

> If anyone has done it, how is performance?

Moderate.  It doesn't compare to my 370 server, but that is heavily
optimized and also a much faster processor.  Performance is what I would
call sluggish, but not slow.  Rubber-banding in some window managers can't
keep up well with the mouse and there is a delay before menus popup.  These
are only minor annoyances.  The terminal is quite usable (though the amount of
screen real-estate is quite limited -- only 11 1/4 inch diagonal viewing
area -- the monitor is quoted as being 14 inches, but the portion of the
screen that has pixels on it is only 11 1/4 inches).


John Diamant
Software Engineering Systems Division
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