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- Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
- Path: sparky!uunet!qualix!compassion!dshaker
- From: dshaker@qualix.com (Doug Shaker)
- Subject: Re: X-Terminals
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.000532.9034@qualix.com>
- Sender: usenet@qualix.com
- Reply-To: dshaker@qualix.com
- Organization: QUALiX Group, Inc.
- References: <1993Jan22.055039.760@ardvar.moundst.mn.org>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:05:32 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article 760@ardvar.moundst.mn.org, krs@ardvar.moundst.mn.org (Kent Schumacher) writes:
- >Recently there have been several ads for under $1000.00 X-Terminals in UNIX
- >World (the ones that come to mind are from QUME and Textronics).
- >
- >Is there a 'gotcha' associated with these low cost x-terminals? How do
- >they compare to the higher priced terminals?
- >
- >(I'm not just making idle conversation - these low cost x-terminals have
- >my company thinking about dumping our character terminals and replacing
- >them with x-terminals. Net opinions will definitely help in deciding the
- >issue).
- >
- I have used both the NCD 15b and the Tektronix Xp11 and have had really good
- luck with both. Both ARE small in pixel count (typically 1024x768) and in size
- (usually 15" diagonal). Both came with ethernet interfaces built in. Both
- worked great. I recommend at least 4mb of memory (if you plan to have more than
- about 5 windows open). Tektronix has a neat feature that I like - if you log
- into Xdm and don't have a session file to tell it what clients and window manager
- to use, it automatically starts up twm and an xterm. That helps alot in getting
- them installed. Both are quiet and reliable. I say go for it.
-
-
- - Doug Shaker
- voice: 415/572-0200
- fax: 415/572-1300
- email: dshaker@qualix.com
- mail: Qualix Group
- 1900 S. Norfolk St., #224
- San Mateo, CA 94403
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