atdep@ducvax.auburn.edu (Black Dougal) (02/26/91)
I need some info on Windows 3.0 connectivity with X11/OpenWindows on a Sun Sparcstation. Is it possible to have an Xclient on the PC end that will work over a modem (9600 baud or better) connection, rather than via some sort of networking card? From info I had seen in various places, I had gathered that Xwindows via modem was possible, but I wasn't positive. If this is possible, could someone point me in the direction of available software. Thanks in advance, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Efrem Robbins | ATDEP: ATmospheric DEPosition ATDEP@ducvax.auburn.edu | Ozone and Acid Rain Studies robbins@sun_3.forestry.auburn.edu | Torturing trees for science.
james@jemez.unm.edu (James Singer) (02/27/91)
I would like this information as well! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Girl don't go away mad...Girl just go away! |Yea, right! | Motley Crue "Don't go away mad" Dr. Feelgood |james@jemez.unm.edu | ------------------------
andrzej@bigsur.UUCP (Andrzej Bieszczad) (02/28/91)
MIn article <31008@pprg.unm.edu>, james@jemez.unm.edu (James Singer) writes: |> |> I would like this information as well! |> -- |> Me too. Please, do post all replies to the news group. ======================================================================== Andrzej Bieszczad | Phone: (613) 763-2259 Bell-Northern Research, Ltd. | Fax: (613) 763-3283 Dept. 7G12, P.O. Box 3511, Station C, | USENET: uunet!bnrgate!eh!andrzej Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1Y 4H7 | BitNet: andrzej@BNR.CA ========================================================================
atdep@ducvax.auburn.edu (Black Dougal) (02/28/91)
Since other people were also interested in this topic, I thought I'd go ahead and post a couple of the responses I got via email. I'd still like to see any more info that people might be able to share. Please post, but I'll summarize any email replies. Brad Hines (brad@huey.Jpl.Nasa.Gov) writes: >Yes, this is possible. Start with a good SLIP package (Serial Line >Internet Protocol). I believe that there are good SLIP packet drivers >available in the public domain (KA9Q, NCSA telnet, etc). We use a >protocol layer from FTP software (Cambridge, MA) (we use ethernet, >but they have SLIP products as well). Then several companies make >X-for-Windows software; FTP should be able to refer you to some. > >Or, for something more likely to work in finite time, Sun sells >PC-NFS, which includes all the SLIP software for both the Sun end and >the PC end. All you have to add then is the X-for-Windows stuff. Also, >grab one of the text files off cica describing using pc-nfs with windows. > >-- >Brad Hines >Internet: brad@huey.jpl.nasa.gov >Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, California ============= Marc Kuperstein (marc@meaddata.com) writes: >Some of us here are looking into this area, and here is what we know >so far. > >First, there are several companies that sell an X server for the PC, a >couple of which run under Windows. Xvision and Locus are two such >products (if you can't get a phone number, send me a note and I'll try >to get them). These products all require some type of network. > >Now for the slick part. A company called FTP sells a product called >PC/TCP, in a variety of flavors. This product allows applications >above it to talk TCP, and provides a comm path via an async line (i.e. >switched modems) to another system. On the Sun side you can run >either SLIP or PPP (both of which are available via the net) to >communicate with PC/TCP. > >The thing to watch out for is that the PC products should state >whether they work with FTP PC/TCP. > >Hope this helps. If you want to discuss this further, send me a note. >I'll help if I can. > >Oh, when I mentioned that I was going to be running an X server on a >PC and the X clients on a Sun over a 9600 baud line most of the >vendors balked. They said that while this was possible, the results >could be really slow if your not careful. Note: Don't go less than >9.6Kbps. > >Best of luck. >====================================================================== >Marc Kuperstein (513) 865-1028 >Mead Data Central Architecture & Systems Evolution >P.O. Box 933 marc@meaddata.com >Dayton, Ohio 45401 ...!uunet!meaddata!marc ============== Thanks to Brad and Marc for the info. We'll be looking into the PC-NFS and the software from FTP and see what we can come up with. I also got some mail from someone at Georgia Tech (Go Jackets!) who said that he'd be able to get some more information to me soon. -----------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Ernest Campbell | ATDEP: ATmospheric DEPosition ATDEP@ducvax.auburn.edu | Ozone and Acid Rain studies CAMPBELL@ducvax.auburn.edu | Torturing trees for science.
davidr@hplsla.HP.COM (David M. Reed) (03/05/91)
> Is it possible to have an Xclient on the PC end that will
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The only product I have even heard that will offer X-clients on the PC
(meaning that the application executes on the PC with the input/output
being from any X-server, be that on a PC or UNIX workstation) is the
upcoming DESQview/X from Quarterdeck. Everything else I have ever heard
or read about regarding X-windows and PC's has always been X-server
products (like XVision and XSight).