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- From: rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen)
- Subject: Re: Linux + X + modem + PC = X terminal ?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.200047.9076@sfu.ca>
- Sender: news@sfu.ca
- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <1gke20INN41b@nekkar.anu.edu.au>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:00:47 GMT
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- In article <1gke20INN41b@nekkar.anu.edu.au> william@cs.anu.edu.au (William Sun) writes:
- >Hi, netters,
- >
- >I have a PC and a modem at home, and I also have a SUN SPARC station
- >in university. I'm planning to install Linux and X in my PC.
- >
- >Here is the question: Is it possible to use my PC as a X terminal?
- >So I can connect to my SUN workstation through the modem, run X
- >applications and display windows in my PC.
- >
- >Thanks,
- >
- >William
-
- YES! If your university supports SLIP, just get ka9q from tsx-11 and
- follow the instructions. I run remote X11 using a 14.4kbps v.32bis
- modem. The data compression really seems to help with remote X.
-
- - Ken
-
-