From article <e3hC02mE2eu401@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>, by esm40@cd.amdahl.com (Ed McGettigan):
> I was thinking about getting a SUN IPC(or a 1+) for use at home and wanted
> to run it pretty much as I do at work for developing some new X-applications.
> I planned on doing data transfers with a modem or simply on 3.5" floppy.
>
> After talking to some people here at work they are under the impression that I> need some sort of a server as well (another $4000-$5000). What's the deal?
> I'm sure that other people are running X11R4 (tvtwm window manager)on a IPC at> home with less than 1gig disk. If you can help I'd appreciate it.
>
How do you expect to run a system at home if you don't understand how the
thing works in the first place? Hell you can run a SLC stand alone if you
add a properly configured disk drive.
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