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From: datri@concave.uucp (Anthony A. Datri)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Sun 3/60 server
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Date: 19 Dec 89 22:37:59 GMT
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>    Has anyone out there developed software that will allow you to run a 3/60
>    workstation as an X terminal?
>It doesn't really take very much software.  You'll probably be able to use
>X11R4 "out of the box" this way, using xdm and XDMCP.  We have a VAXstation
>2000 here operating as an "X terminal" this way.

I think he was asking about an X server/kernel like NCD uses, where instead
of downloading a general-purpose kernel and running things on top of it, you
essentially generate a standalone X server that gets tftp'd directly by the
boot program.  Such a beast certainly would bring new live to 2/50/120 users,
although I have no idea what it might take take to compile a standalone
program.