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From: ryland@multiflow.com (Chris Ryland)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: MacOS/Unix "split" X11 server for dial-up use?
Keywords: MacOS simple serial split server
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Date: 23 Mar 89 15:34:51 GMT
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Organization: Multiflow Computer Inc., Branford Ct. 06405
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Is anyone working on a "split" server that runs well over dial-up
lines to a Mac under the MacOS (i.e., not A/UX)?  This would be
similar to what GraphOn did for their X terminal, but using the Mac as
the terminal.

I ask because it seems like this will always be more effective at
utilizing the dial-up bandwidth (9600 or 19200, of course) than
running even a compressed SLIP to accomplish the same task.  (Why?
Because it seems like the Unix half of the server could craftily
encode its serial RPC requests in a form which is quite specific to
its MacOS partner, and do so in a very compact fashion for the most
common requests.  I could be wrong, of course, but peoples'
experiences with the GraphOn tend to support this theory.)

Maybe the GraphOn folks would care to donate their Unix half-server to
the Consortium, and establish a simple standard?

--Chris Ryland
  Multiflow Computer, Inc.
  175 North Main Street
  Branford, Connecticut, USA 06405
  Phone 203-488-6090, FAX 203-483-1624
  ryland@multiflow.com, ...!uunet!mfci!ryland