dsamperi@marob.masa.com (Dominick Samperi) (01/19/90)
I saw some impressive illustrations of the power of workstations like the DEC 3100 at the recent conference on X Windows at MIT (I was particularly impressed by the smooth scrolling of complex color windows within other windows). Several speakers at the conference expressed the opinion that moderately complex X applications should be run on a workstation in the 5 MIPS range, minimum (making a Sun 3/60 too slow, for example). I saw no X terminals at the conference. Is this 5 MIPS minimum necessary on the server end? Which X terminals provide servers with this power? More generally, would people comment on their experiences with X terminals from various vendors? Another interesting topic is just what are the advantages of a workstation over an X terminal (connected to a powerful server). This latter question seems "obvious" until you think about it for a while. -- Dominick Samperi -- Citicorp dsamperi@Citicorp.COM uunet!ccorp!dsamperi