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In article <C0MnHA.G79@quadsys.com> roland@quadsys.com (Roland Besserer) writes:
>wkwong@kalman.eng.ohio-state.edu (Waihon Andrew Kwong) writes:
>: Hi there,
>: 
>: We are on a LAN running Novell netware 3.11.  We are connected to the
>: outside world (campus ethernet) through a bridge from this. The SUN
>: (down the hall from me) is connected to the campus ethernet and has a
>: known address (My 386 has an ethernet address as well).  We can logon
>: the SUN and run terminal sessions but what we want is to run an X-
>: windows session complete with graphics etc.  So it seems what we're
>: looking for is software that will emulate an X-windows terminal.
>: 
>: Can anyone give me some suggestion?
>: Any comments would be welcome, thanks,
>: 
>
>I would recommend not to waste you time and money with one of the X
>implementations for the PC. Get yourself a copy of DESQVIEW/X - it turns
>you PC into a useful machine. Not only will you have an X desktop 
>(with a choice of OpenLook or MOtif window managers) you can also run
>multiple DOS sessions in fixed or scalable windows, you can run Windows
>as well. Naturally, being a full X server, you can log onto the SUN
>and run any X application. Not only that, you get real hardware based
>multi-tasking and, as icing on the cake, a SUN user can open a local
>window running a DOS application on the remote PC!
>
>My wife has used DESQVIEW/X for about 6 months with great success on
>a 33MHz 386 networked to my SUN and DECStation. With an universal programmer
>attached to the PC, I can program PAL/PROMS directly from the SUN by
>running a remote DOS session.
>
>The only drawback is that you need LOTS of memory - 8MB minimum, 16MB
>is better.
>
>-- 
>
>Roland Besserer
>QUAD Systems
>roland@quadsys.com	

Or, you can get Linux or 386bsd and run X on your PC. If you use XS3,
 an X server for a S3 cards, with a 486/50Mhz you will get the same or better graphic's performance than a sun workstation. Total cost of the software $0 :-)

XS3 is known to work with open-look, motif, and twm, etc...

For a performance comparison of vga cards on the PC see Jan 93' Byte.

Amancio
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