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From: brooks@vette.llnl.gov (Eugene Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: MacOS/Unix "split" X11 server for dial-up use?
Keywords: MacOS simple serial split server
Message-ID: <22433@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>
Date: 23 Mar 89 23:14:48 GMT
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Reply-To: brooks@maddog.llnl.gov (Eugene Brooks)
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In article <714@m3.mfci.UUCP> ryland@multiflow.com writes:
>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.
Somehow, I think that there are a few Macs out there being used as terminals
and such a setup would be nice indeed.
>
>Maybe the GraphOn folks would care to donate their Unix half-server to
>the Consortium, and establish a simple standard?
Wishful thinking, I don't think GraphOn distributes even source to this
to customers who want to run it on machines other than SUNs.  Perhaps there
is something to the GNU way of handling freeware.



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