sorliej@instrlab.kth.se (James Sorlie) (06/20/91)
Hi, this is my first-ever article to network news so, Greetings!
I hope this works... I have couple of very general questions, so
maybe someone out there in network land can E-mail me some advice.
My department has several RT's and a new RS/6000, all connected on
a TELNET (ftp/TCP-IP) network. Ideally, we would like to use the
6000 as a number crunching X-server and the RT's as X-clients. My
main plan is to port some software written in C++.
With that as background:
(1) I need to get X-Windows installed on our RT's (AIX 2.2.1).
We can buy the port from IBM, but I am wondering what our
options are. The salesman says it is a "pure" port and
nothing more -- no Motif look, no Motif window manager, etc.
Basically, what are the possibilities with X-Windows on RT's?
(2) The C++ package was developed using AT&T's C-Front
translator. I don't know if there is a port of this for
either the RT or RS/6000. I have read that the GNU G++
compiler was never successfully ported to the RT, and that I
can better wait for release 2.0 of the compiler for the
RS/6000. We could live with C++ just on the 6000, but my
experiences in software development have shown me that no
two compilers think exactly the same -- a useful debug tool.
Again, what are the possibilities for C++ on RT's and 6000's?
I am a grad student, at home in Unix, but new to AIX and IBM
machines. Any advice, comments or stories-of-experiences about
setting up a X-Window network and/or C++ in AIX would be welcome.
Thanks and regards,
sorliej@kth.se