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Article #12035Re: wouldn't it be nice if....
From: Steven Lin
Date: Mon, 20 May 1991 19:35
Date: Mon, 20 May 1991 19:35
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In article <8524@uceng.UC.EDU> dsims@uceng.UC.EDU (david l sims) writes: >bchen@wpi.WPI.EDU (Bi Chen) writes: > >>I wounder if a 2400 bps modem would ever be fast enough to make a 386 >>an X terminal? Isn't it impossible or is it? > >I recall reading that X Windows requires at least a 19.2K serial line to run >at a "just okay" level. Last summer when I was dabbling with SLIP, I decided to see how well X would run over a serial line. I connected an X Terminal to a Sparcstation 1+ through the serial port running at 9600 baud. The performance was barely adequate. Opening and moving windows were intolerably slow. The terminal would virtually freeze if it ever required a font that wasn't present. I can't imagine what life would be like at 2400 baud.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!ucbvax!pasteur!nima.berkeley.edu!splin From: splin@nima.berkeley.edu (Steven Lin) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: wouldn't it be nice if.... Message-ID: <13746@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 20 May 91 19:35:44 GMT References: <834@hartmanis.albany.edu> <OTTO.91May17133701@tukki.jyu.fi> <BCHEN.91May19195755@wpi.WPI.EDU> <8524@uceng.UC.EDU> Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU Reply-To: splin@nima.berkeley.edu (Steven Lin) Organization: U.C. Berkeley -- ERL Lines: 15