dinah@NICOLLE.BCM.TMC.EDU (Dinah Anderson) (12/19/89)
Has anyone out there developed software that will allow you to run a 3/60
workstation as an X terminal? The more I think about this the more I think
that this is a reasonable thing to want to do. We have several 3/60's and
3/50's and it would be nice to be able to use them as X terminals instead
of buying X terminals. What I am looking for is server software that would
include just enough networking software and UNIX to allow the workstation to
boot up. This should be as fast as some of the X terminals on the market
since the ones we have been looking at are 68020 based.
Dinah Anderson Manager of Systems Integration
Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas
internet: dinah@bcm.tmc.edu uucp: {rutgers,mailrus}!bcm!dinahrws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (12/20/89)
Has anyone out there developed software that will allow you to run a 3/60
workstation as an X terminal?
It doesn't really take very much software. You'll probably be able to use
X11R4 "out of the box" this way, using xdm and XDMCP. We have a VAXstation
2000 here operating as an "X terminal" this way.rrichter@rphroy.UUCP (Roy Richter) (12/20/89)
In article <8912191617.AA06884@expire.lcs.mit.edu> rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) writes: > > Has anyone out there developed software that will allow you to run a 3/60 > workstation as an X terminal? > >It doesn't really take very much software. You'll probably be able to use >X11R4 "out of the box" this way, using xdm and XDMCP. We have a VAXstation >2000 here operating as an "X terminal" this way. Is this using a 3/60 as an "X terminal" only, or with the whole SunOS plus the R4 X server? I think it would be real nice to use one **without** having to worry about swap and local processes, especially on a small machine (read 3/50). -- Roy Richter UUCP: {sharkey,edsews,cfctech}!rphroy!rrichter Physics Dept, GM Research CSNet: rrichter@gmr.com Internet: rrichter%rphroy.uucp@mailgw.cc.umich.edu
datri@concave.uucp (Anthony A. Datri) (12/20/89)
> Has anyone out there developed software that will allow you to run a 3/60 > workstation as an X terminal? >It doesn't really take very much software. You'll probably be able to use >X11R4 "out of the box" this way, using xdm and XDMCP. We have a VAXstation >2000 here operating as an "X terminal" this way. I think he was asking about an X server/kernel like NCD uses, where instead of downloading a general-purpose kernel and running things on top of it, you essentially generate a standalone X server that gets tftp'd directly by the boot program. Such a beast certainly would bring new live to 2/50/120 users, although I have no idea what it might take take to compile a standalone program.
rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (12/20/89)
Is this using a 3/60 as an "X terminal" only, or with the whole SunOS
plus the R4 X server?
The whole SunOS, of course. An R4 X server is small, memory isn't that
much of a problem. :-)
I think it would be real nice to use one
**without** having to worry about swap and local processes,
No doubt a true statement.kent@godzilla.pa.dec.com (Christopher A. Kent) (12/28/89)
This sounds like a job for XINU... Chris Kent Western Software Laboratory Digital Equipment Corporation kent@decwrl.dec.com decwrl!kent (415) 853-6639