dupuie@neutron.eng.ohio-state.edu (Scott T. Dupuie) (01/17/90)
I realize that this question has probably been posted before, but I have just recently become interested in the subject. I have an IBM-PS2 Model 50 which I would like to use as an X window terminal. I know where to get an Ethernet card, but I haven't seen any software (running under DOS) which can emulate an X Window terminal. The exception to this is a new package being offered by Hewlett Packard, but that software only works with a special video card which costs $1500. Does anyone know of a software package which would emulate an X Window terminal and use my existing VGA graphics capability? How much and where can I get it? As an aside, the HP system uses the special graphics card with a graphics coprocessor to speed up performance to a reasonable level, especially when multiple windows are open (according to a preview in BYTE). If software exists which can use my VGA graphics, are there any comments on what kind of performance I can expect? Will it be so slow that I won't want to use it? Thanks... Scott T. Dupuie dupuie@neutron.eng.ohio-state.edu
dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) (01/17/90)
In article <3948@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu> dupuie@neutron.eng.ohio-state.edu () writes: >I realize that this question has probably been posted before, but I have >just recently become interested in the subject. I have an IBM-PS2 Model 50 >which I would like to use as an X window terminal. I know where to get an >Ethernet card, but I haven't seen any software (running under DOS) which >can emulate an X Window terminal. IBM sells something called "X for DOS" or some similar name. It's designed to work on a PS/2 with VGA (and maybe 8514a, I dunno.) I would imagine that it at least works with the U-B standard IBM ethernet card. -- Steve Dyer dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu