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- From: francis@ese.ogi.edu (Francis Moraes)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
- Subject: Re: remote access to Win/OS2 applications possible?
- Message-ID: <48046@ogicse.ogi.edu>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 15:18:03 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ogicse.48046
- References: <dan.724771856@dribble> <1992Dec19.195625.3253@u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute - Department of Env. Science and Eng.
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- dean2@tbone.biol.scarolina.edu (Dean Pentcheff) writes:
-
- >No, it can't be done. The PMX program for IBM's TCP/IP package is an
- >Xwindows server only. That is, it can only display windows on the PC
- >for X programs running elsewhere. It cannot send information to be
- >displayed on a remote display. I've heard rumour that IBM is working
- >on this capability, but it's not here yet.
-
- This is absolutely not true! I can run xhello.exe from my RS/6000 on
- my PC. I don't know why everyone is so confused on this subject. Let's
- say I want to run xhello.exe on the PC's CPU from the PC (on the PC's
- video screen). This is easy enough to do (go ahead and try it). The
- program sends X-requests to PMX which causes the program to be displayed.
- Why is this any easier than just sending those requests over the net?
-
- Now, are there any questions? :)
-
- Francis Moraes
-