m1rlr01@fed.frb.gov (Rich Rauscher) (07/18/90)
Has anyone had any experience with any x-terminal emulators that work over a serial line. I realize that this would be tremendously slow. Does such software exist (for Mac or PC)? Please mail me responses because I don't read this group too often. Thank -Rich ____ _ ____ Rich Rauscher, Unix Systems Programmer | __ | | | | __ | Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Washington, D.C. | | | | | | rauscher@madness.rutgers.edu | | \\ | |_ | | \\ rauscher@zodiac.bitnet |_| \_\|___||_| \_\ {backbone}!madness.rutgers.edu!rauscher -----------------------Party on dudes and be excellent to each other!---------
baur@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Steven L. Baur) (07/18/90)
From article <660@arccs2.fed.FRB.GOV>, by m1rlr01@fed.frb.gov (Rich Rauscher): > Has anyone had any experience with any x-terminal > emulators that work over a serial line. I realize > that this would be tremendously slow. > Does such software exist (for Mac or PC)? > Please mail me responses because I don't read this > group too often. We're working with such software here at TRW. We've cobbled up a system that runs with souped up Zenith 248's running PC XSight X server from Locus, and using SLIP software from FTP (the company). The link between the PC's and the main computer (a Solbourne 5/600), is done between MNP Class 9 modems. We have been able to drive them up to 19.2Kbaud. Although we have tried valiantly to bring the speed up to 38.4k, it hasn't worked, because the Zeniths don't seem to be able to keep up with that speed (and be able to switch in and out of protected mode) fast enough to keep from locking up the XSight server. It works (!), albeit slowly. But hey, have you ever run X windows clients in St. Louis MO, with the X Server being in Korea, Hawaii or Panama? P.S. Beware of PC XSight. It locks up constantly (even over ethernet), and has tremendously poor documentation. Locus customer support also leaves something to be desired. When we were at our most desperate state (about a month ago when we could not drive things at 38.4k), they refused to send someone out to help us (and their technical support folk are just up the freeway). We are currently looking for alternatives. -- steve baur@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM