sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) (02/14/90)
So, you've got X-windows up on your 386 console and you're developing away. What if you want to have another person running X on the same 386? What are the best, least expensive options? X-terminals? Serial X-terminals? A PC running something like PC X-Sight? Can you hook up another monitor and keyboard to the 386? Thanks. -- Michael Sullivan uunet!jarthur!aqdata!sullivan aQdata, Inc. sullivan@aqdata.uucp San Dimas, CA +1 714 599 9992
uhclem@anet.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jeff Spindler) (02/15/90)
In article <1990Feb13.175556.5753@aqdata.uucp>sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) writes: > Can you hook up another monitor and keyboard to the 386? I have a similar question I was about to post. I want to drive 5 monitors with touchscreens from the same AT-bus 386 system, VGA resolution. No keyboards. Processing load is pretty light - only one human is sitting in the middle of all these screens. Simple graphics. Do I want to do this with X-Windows? What kind of hardware setup should I figure on? X-Windows terminals? Multiple video cards? I've used some dBus Orchid cards under DOS, but they are only EGA, and seem to have a dwindling future. -- Jeff Spindler uhclem@anet.ann-arbor.mi.us | A little less Minimalism, please. A man, a plan, a canal, Panama! | Juan Valdez, get your stinking ass | out of my kitchen!
dickb@sunriv.UUCP (Dick Brown) (02/23/90)
In article <1990Feb13.175556.5753@aqdata.uucp>, sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) writes: > So, you've got X-windows up on your 386 console and you're developing > away. What if you want to have another person running X on the same 386? > What are the best, least expensive options? SunRiver has a way to add another X user to your 386 relatively inexpensively. We offer an 800 X 600 color or grayscale capable terminal that connects to the 386 via fiber optic cable (no ethernet necessary). What you need is: 1. A LightAdapter, which is SunRiver's I/O board for either AT bus or microchannel; supports up to 4 terminals. 2. A cable, available in pre-terminated lengths from 25 to 1000 feet. 3. A SunRiver terminal (FOS800). 4. If you're using Interactive 386/ix, you already have SunRiver support in the package. If you're using SCO Open Desktop, Developers can get Open Desktop drivers from SCO, or from SunRiver if not yet generally available from SCO. SunRiver has special packages for Developers. Basically, you can purchase at about 50% off list up to a certain numerical limit. Please give me a call if you need more information. Dick Brown Email: ...uunet!sunriv!dickb SunRiver Corporation Voice: (512) 835-8001 11500 Metric Blvd., Suite 150 FAX: (512) 835-8026 Austin, TX 78759
larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) (02/23/90)
In article <198@sunriv.UUCP>, dickb@sunriv.UUCP (Dick Brown) writes: > 1. A LightAdapter, which is SunRiver's I/O board for either AT bus > or microchannel; supports up to 4 terminals. Last time I checked (7 months ago) one had to purchase the 4 port adapter even if you only had 1 workstation. Has this changed since then? -- Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA uucp: larry@nstar -or- ...!iuvax!ndmath!nstar!larry 4 inbound dialup high speed line public access system
tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (HIM) (02/24/90)
> Resp: 2 of 2 by *Masked* at sunriv.UUCP >Author: [Dick Brown] > Date: Fri Feb 23 1990 07:10 >In article <1990Feb13.175556.5753@aqdata.uucp>, sullivan@aqdata.uucp (Michael >T. Sullivan) writes: >> So, you've got X-windows up on your 386 console and you're developing >> away. What if you want to have another person running X on the same 386? >> What are the best, least expensive options? > >SunRiver has a way to add another X user to your 386 relatively >inexpensively. We offer an 800 X 600 color or grayscale >capable terminal that connects to the 386 via fiber optic cable (no >ethernet necessary). Just wanted to jump in here and say that my company is testing the Beta release of the MicroCahnnel driver , and has worked with this product under the AT BUS with ISC 2.0.2 Not only did we get the X_WINDOWS on the terminal , BUT the performance was fine. Full virtual terminal support is there so you can toggle between, say , X Windows and a EGA GIF viewer in VPIX by hotkeys. Neat thing, the Sunriver station has 2 serials on it , use one for the mouse .. hook a dumb terminal to the other. **************************************************************************** Everything I say is Copr. 1990, except the stuff I stole from someone else and the stuff I don't want responsibility for. Kenneth J. Jamieson: Xanadu Enterprises Inc. "Professional Amiga Software" UUCP: tron1@tronsbox.UUCP BEST PATH ---> uunet!tronsbox!tron1 Sysop, Romantic Encounters BBS - (201)759-8450 / (201)759-8568 ****************************************************************************
pax@megasys.COM (Garry M. Paxinos) (02/27/90)
In article <198@sunriv.UUCP> dickb@sunriv.UUCP (Dick Brown) writes:
SunRiver has a way to add another X user to your 386 relatively
inexpensively. We offer an 800 X 600 color or grayscale
capable terminal that connects to the 386 via fiber optic cable (no
ethernet necessary).
What you need is:
1. A LightAdapter, which is SunRiver's I/O board for either AT bus
or microchannel; supports up to 4 terminals.
2. A cable, available in pre-terminated lengths from 25 to 1000
feet.
3. A SunRiver terminal (FOS800).
4. If you're using Interactive 386/ix, you already have SunRiver
support in the package. If you're using SCO Open Desktop,
Developers can get Open Desktop drivers from SCO, or from
SunRiver if not yet generally available from SCO.
We just completed an installation at a Nuclear Power Station using
4 SunRiver Display (for a total of 5 X servers including the host's
vga.) The software (standard from Interactive) worked flawlessly.
However, I would recommend some serious horsepower to drive it since
the SunRiver are 'dumb' display and rely on the host's cpu to do
any drawing.
Fortunately on this system only two X servers will be operational
at any given time. We put in a 25MHz '386 with 14MB, with upto
two servers the performance is resonable, with three servers it's
slow but acceptable, with all five it is unnusable (I will have
to admit we are doing some heavy math/communications in the
background as well... with no servers the idle time is 60% average
as reported by sar)
Take care,
Garry.
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In article <511204@nstar.UUCP> larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) writes: >In article <198@sunriv.UUCP>, dickb@sunriv.UUCP (Dick Brown) writes: >> 1. A LightAdapter, which is SunRiver's I/O board for either AT bus >> or microchannel; supports up to 4 terminals. > >Last time I checked (7 months ago) one had to purchase the 4 port >adapter even if you only had 1 workstation. Has this changed >since then? SunRiver has a 2 port LightAdapter which will be available sometime in the next month or two. .---------------------------------------------------------------------. | John Crittenden Email: ...uunet!sunriv!johnc | | SunRiver Corporation Voice: (512) 835-8001 | `---------------------------------------------------------------------'