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From: mjb%hoosier.utah.edu@wasatch.UUCP (Mark J. Bradakis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: X-windows terminals on HP-UX?
Summary: Not really
Keywords: X terminals serial lines
Message-ID: <1052@wasatch.UUCP>
Date: 6 Feb 89 17:23:08 GMT
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In article <2562@fmeed1.UUCP> wehr@fmeed1.UUCP (Bruce Wehr) writes:
 
>Though I've never seen it, my HP sales rep has told me that HP has color
>graphic terminals that can be used with HP Windows/9000 over a serial
>line.  I not very familiar with window systems (X included), but it
>would seem to me that you could use their terminals for X, too.

The X Window System uses network protocols not commonly available over
serial lines.  Color terminals would NOT work as X clients, there would
have to be network smarts in the box which understood X protocols.  What
would work is having the CPU figure it all out and displaying the right
stuff, but this is not what is intended.  The reason for having dedicated
X terminals is to offload some of the processing effort from the CPU, a
criterium not met by simple terminals.

mjb.

mjb@hoosier.utah.edu

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