gnma76@sun1.eng.glasgow.ac.UK ("D.Ballance") (08/10/90)
(Sorry about posting this to the XPERT list but I tried posting to XPC and XSERIAL without success. I probably have an out-of-date address) We are currently considering buying some dumb terminals/cheap pc's with emulators to connect to a number of Sun workstations. We are currently moving over from Sunview to X windows and would like any investment to last for a few years at least. The terminals should ideally have both VT100 (or similar) and Tektronic graphics. The options seem to be: 1) Buy cheap dumb terminals and throw them away in a couple of years 2) Buy PC clones and use a terminal emulator 3) Buy Mac's/Ataris/Amigas and use a terminal emulator. 4) Buy X-terminals (Not really an option ... would prefer to buy SUN SLCs) Now the questions: 1) For what pc's is X-windows being developed? 2) How soon will it be ready? 3) How 'full' an implementation will it be? 4) What will the minimum level of hardware be (i.e. hard disk, Memory)? 5) Will it work on serial line interfaces or only on PCs with ethernet connections? All comments welcome on our options. Please send all replies directly to me and I'll summarise. Thanks Donald P.S. Is there an archive of this and the xpc discussions list anywhere? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Donald Ballance, JANET: gnma76@uk.ac.gla.eng.sun1 | | Control Group, BITNET: gnma76@sun1.eng.gla.ac.uk | | Dept. Mechanical Engineering, gnma76%sun1.eng.gla.ac.uk@ukacrl.bitnet | | The University, INTERNET: gnma76%sun1.eng.gla.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu | | Glasgow. G12 8QQ. gnma76%sun1.eng.gla.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk| | GLASGOW 1990: European City of Culture ... See Glasgow, See Culture | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------