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- From: mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us (Nick Sayer)
- Subject: Re: Xterminal-Server ratio wanted
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- References: <1992Sep1.200609.15078@progress.com> <1836euINNaqs@early-bird.think.com> <1992Sep12.201312.3019@tybse1.uucp>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 06:17:57 GMT
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- swhite@tybse1.uucp (William C. "Spike" White) writes:
-
- >In my opinion, X-terminals place a significant load on the server's resources
- >and should be figured in.
-
- One should not overlook the sort of X terminal involved either. I have
- a Sun 3/140 with a cg3 that I've configured as an Xkernel X terminal. Its
- client server (and diskless boot server) is an ELC. The combination works
- exceptionally well because the Sun 3 is such a whimpy machine it simply
- can't help but let the ELC spend a lot of its time doing other things.
-
- Now having such an under powered CPU in an Xterm may have negative
- human-factor conotations, but I can't help but believe that 16 of these
- can't possibly be as draining as, say, 16 NCD 19Rs.
-
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