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- From: tom@uts.cc.wayne.edu (Thomas Richard Stevenson)
- Subject: Re: Xterminal-Server ratio wanted
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.235309.5457@uts.cc.wayne.edu>
- Organization: Wayne State Univ.
- References: <1992Sep1.200609.15078@progress.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 23:53:09 GMT
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- tucker@bedford.progress.COM (Kyle Tucker) writes:
-
- >Hi all (again),
- > We are currently performing an initial investigation into upgrading
- >our present dumb-terminal based user environment to a X windows based one.
- >We are weighing all the dis/advantages of PCs, Xterminals and workstations
- >and look favorably at Xterminals from a maintenance standpoint. I use one
- >myself and see no lack of functionality. We would like any opinions on this
- >decision itself. And if we do go with Xterminals, then the question of how
- >many Xterminals running off of how many Sparcs, Sparc2s, Solbournes, etc. We
- >would like to hear about any success/horror stories about implementing such
- >a configuration and performance issues regarding Xterm/Server ratios which
- >seem to work well. These users will mainly be running Progress applications
- >and some word-processing, news readers and email UAs.
-
- We are thinking of doing the same thing. We would also find this information
- very useful.
-