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- From: susanc@helix.nih.gov (Susan Chacko)
- Subject: Xterminals versus PC-with-eXcursion
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.150517.19063@alw.nih.gov>
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- Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 15:05:17 GMT
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- We were thinking of getting some NCD Xterminals to replace our
- VT220s when we came across a demo for eXcursion, which is
- offered by Digital and is (I quote)
- ' a full implementation of the MIT X Windows Version 11 Release
- 4 server. It runs as a Microsoft Windows Version 3.0 application,
- creating Microsoft Windows windows in which remote Decwindows
- or X Windows appliocations display graphics and receive input.'
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- Since one could buy a PC with Windows for less than
- the cost of an Xterminal, and get the potential for local
- applications like wordprocessing as well, what's the
- advantage of an Xterminal?
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- Has anyone tried eXcursion? Is it slower than a regular
- Xterminal? Any problems?
-
- I'm also interested in any experiences with particular
- brands of Xterminals, i.e performance, cost etc., especially
- from anyone who has been through this decision recently.
- Any additional comments are most welcome.
-
- Susan Chacko.
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