gan@mit-caf.MIT.EDU (Chock Gan) (05/07/90)
I have been reading about X-terminals in this newsgroup. Can anyone tell me what does a X-terminal do exactly? What are its communications or network requirements? Do anyone have a list of vendors who sell such machines that I can have? Any reply will be deeply appreciated. -- --------- Chock Gan gan@caf.mit.edu (617)253-0928 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science MIT 60 Vassar Street Rm 39-415A, Cambridge, MA 02139.
leo@ai.mit.edu (Leonardo C. Topa) (10/14/90)
I would like to receive comments about what you people would suggest as a good X terminal to buy. Since its main use would be to access a VAX running VMS and only occasionally some sparcstations, I am tempted to get a VT1200, but I am hesitant given some of the comments posted on this newsgroup. Here are some of the questions I have: 1. Is the VT1200 significantly faster than the VT1000 to the point that its speed is now "acceptable/reasonable"? 2. According to the review of X terminals published on UNIX World the V191 by HDS seems to be a very good buy. Any experiences out there with DECwindows? 3. Are there any serious problems with either one of these units? How about others? Its typical use of this X terminal would be for display of 2d plots (some 3d) and general programming/text editing. Thank you for all your comments in advance. -- Leonardo Topa