Configuring a workstation lab with X-window terminals.

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From: Dan Revel
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1989 21:46

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We are considering a classroom/research workstation facility
to support

a)  upper-level undergraduate computer courses in graphics,
    object-oriented programming (Smalltalk, maybe C++),
    operating systems, simulation, etc.

b)  individual faculty/student projects involving in some
    cases number crunching (probably FORTRAN) and in some
    cases applications with critical data retrieval requirements.

One possibility we are considering is three DECstation 3100's
plus a DS3100 file server and four or so X-window terminals.
The intention is to get the functionality of seven workstations
at a reasonable cost.

Does anyone know what price we will pay, in terms of functionality,
by using the X-terminals, as opposed to having every keyboard be a
DS3100 (or given budget constraints some lower priced workstation)?

Any other useful observations about: DS3100's, X-terminals, and
workstation labs would be appreciated as well.

Thanks,
	Lewis & Clark College, Academic Computing

Disclaimer: this request was prepared by a committee!
-- 
dan@lclark
tektronix!reed!lclark!dan			Dylsexics untie! (-|

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From: dan@lclark.UUCP (Dan Revel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.terminals,comp.windows.x
Subject: Configuring a workstation lab with X-window terminals.
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Date: 19 Sep 89 21:46:02 GMT
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