The Best PC X Server on Earth

Hummingbird's X11R6 compliant 32-bit PC X server, optimized for the fastest in reliable performance, permits Intel 386, 486 and Pentium-based PCs running Windows or Windows 95, and Intel, Alpha and PowerPC platforms running Windows NT, to access the X Window System while maintaining all the advantages of the personal computing environment. With 100% Windows and X integration, Exceed 5 permits simultaneous execution and interaction of X clients, and DOS, Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT applications across the network or over standard telephone lines with Exceed/Xpress. Local Windows and host-based X applications run concurrently on the PC screen, with capability to copy and paste from one window to another, transferring data and images among usually incompatible computing environments.

Product Overview

  • 100% native 32-bit Windows NT
  • X11 Release 6 fully compliant, including added extensions: X11R6.1 Double Buffer, XTEST, SYNC, X Input supporting mouse and keyboard, and X Image Extension (XIE) for high performance image handling
  • Extensions for Windows NT and Windows 95 included: BIG-Requests, MIT SHM (shared memory)
  • Supports up to 64 client connections simultaneously
  • Window Manager:
    • Host-based - Motif, OpenLook, etc.
    • Local - Microsoft Windows window manager, hwm (Hummingbird's Motif-like Window Manager), or mwm (Motif Window Manager)*
  • Three Windowing Modes:
    • Single Window Mode: All X clients run within one Microsoft Windows window, utilizing any host-based Window Manager (e.g. Motif ), or local hwm, or mwm*
    • Multiple Window Mode, Native Window Manager: Each X client runs in its own window. Microsoft Windows becomes the window manager for all applications including local PC and remote X, minimizing network traffic. Move to focus or click to focus pointer policy option
    • Multiple Window Mode, X Window Manager: Each X client runs in an X Window window manager frame. Microsoft Windows becomes the local window manager for PC applications and the X Windows window manager becomes the window manager for X applications
  • Single and Multiple Window mode panning, and ability to control rate of panning
  • Common Desktop Environment (CDE) support via integration with the TriTeal Enterprise Desktop (TED). CDE provides a common look and feel across UNIX platforms (HP-UX, SunOS, Solaris, IBM AIX, SGI IRIX, Novell UnixWare, AT&T MP-RAS, SNI SINIX and Digital Unix). Exceed can access TED enabled hosts in both single and multiple windows modes
  • Copy and paste text and images between Microsoft Windows and the X Window System
  • Print to local PC printer
  • Backing store and save unders -to reduce network traffic
  • Built-in xrdb support - resource database locally maintained
  • Support for network file server installation
  • Launch Pad: Hummingbird's unique user-programmable menuing facility with graphical interface, simplifies application launching
  • Virtual Desktop: provides a virtual screen much larger than the actual display, presenting a bird's eye view of all X and Windows applications, which the user can move on and off the screen
  • Xtrace: sophisticated protocol tracing for client debugging

*local mwm is available only with Exceed 5-XDK for Windows NT and Exceed 5-XDK for Windows 95

Display Features:

  • 24-bit graphics board and TrueColor support (up to 16 million colors)
  • PseudoColor, StaticColor, GrayScale visuals
  • Support for multiple simultaneous server visuals
  • Support for 256 color emulation on TrueColor video cards, eliminating bad colors on out of focus windows
    • You can eliminate the problem of bad colours on windows that do not have the focus with any 24-bit video card. Hummingbird Exceed can now displays all the colors properly on your desktop removing the MS Windows limitation of supporting only one palette at a time.
  • Automatic server visual determination

Keyboard Features:

  • Graphical keyboard configuration allows mapping of KeySyms and definition of compose sequences and keyboard macros
  • 20 international keyboard mappings
  • Support for DEC LK450/250/201 keyboards and emulation of DEC LK201 on PC keyboard
  • Support for Microsoft Natural Keyboard and customized layout design

Font Features:

  • X11R6 font support - font server, complete font transformation support
  • High performance when using double-byte character set X fonts
  • Full interactive support for all font naming and alias schemes, including wild card font requests
  • Automatic font substitution
  • Font compiler provided which compiles .bdf & pcf format fonts into every Windows font format
  • Unlimited font size - not restricted to 64KB enabling the use of oriental fonts, e.g. Kanji
  • Hundreds of X fonts provided in every Windows font format
  • Fonts: Open Look, DEC, HP IBM, Siemens, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, 75dpi, 100dpi, Andrew, PC, Misc.

Unparalleled Security

Exceed provides unparalleled security by using a combination of password protection, customized program access and encryption. System administrators can password protect the configuration options available to users, as well as control access to a number of features within Exceed. Users may also control access to their computers with Exceed's user access and host access control lists.

Security Features

  • XDMCP security
  • Program starter & Extend password encryption
  • Host Access Control List, restricts server access to authorized hosts
  • User level access control via an .Xauthority file restricts server access to authorized users
  • System administrators can restrict settings that users configure and can disable certain features in Exceed
  • Users can password protect running of Xconfig
  • Remote configuration can be password protected and can be disabled

Communications Features

  • Startup methods: TELNET, PASSIVE, REXEC, RSH, RLOGIN, XDMCP (indirect, query, broadcast), hRPS (Hummingbird's Remote Program Starter)
  • Supports local XDMCP Display Manager Chooser (indirect & broadcast mode) presenting a list of hosts willing to manage the X display
  • Application startup
    • Xstart: point and click startup of X and character based non-X applications
    • Wstart: point and click Windows program starter
    • Xsession: drag and drop, point and click startup of multiple X, Windows, and character-based non-X applications. Customize X server window and startup modes
  • Icon library for custom icon installation for Xstart, Wstart, Xsession, and Basic Workbench
  • Transport Monitor provides visual feedback of communication activity

Exceed/Xpress Remote Access

Access X Over Phone Lines

To facilitate access to remote computers and networks, Hummingbird's high performance Exceed/Xpress is integrated with Exceed 5. PC, laptop, and notebook users may access X Windows networks and hosts over phone lines using a modem, or directly via RS232 serial connection. Exceed/Xpress is designed specifically to handle the increased bandwidth requirements of remote connections to X Window System hosts. Performance is enhanced with modem compression features to maximize throughput.

  • Supports modem compression to maximize performance
  • Supports IP, enabling Xpress to run over TCP/IP, SLIP, or PPP
  • Custom scripting to automate dialing, login, and callback security procedures
  • Remote file transfer and printing of UNIX files on local PC printers
  • Caches for fonts, images, colormaps, and keyboards
  • Active packet coalescing in network mode for better performance
  • Requires host specific software: Xpress/Host runs on host operating system