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From: kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: HP allows X under DOS (was Re: X server for Sequent(DYNIX))
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Date: 15 Feb 90 23:02:47 GMT
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In article <9002152109.AA01604@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> QQ11@liverpool.ac.UK (Alan Thew) writes:
>Please  correct me  if I'm  wrong but  the cost  of HP's  AXDS/PC package
>would almost pay for a very cheap UNIX system (about $5000 ).
>
>What's  the point  of trying  to make  all the  old XTs/ATs  do something
>useful when you have to spend this much?

Yeah!  Especially when you can get much faster X-Terminals from NCD, DEC,
Tektronics, and others for anywhere from $2000 and up!


Chewey, get us outta here!
                 
kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov            Jet Propeller Labs
Kaleb Keithley