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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
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Subject: Re: Help with server comparison
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Date: 8 Jan 90 13:47:03 GMT
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    I haven't seen shared-memory client-server connections
    yet on a Sun X which would be faster.

In R4 there is a non-standard extension, MIT-SHM, which supports
shared-memory PutImage/GetImage, and even shared-memory pixmaps.
PutImage to the server runs at essentially CopyArea speeds this
way (about 5 times faster on a 3/60 than a local 500x500 PutImage).