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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: TCP and X Windows packages
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.183717.3492@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <it1.721250566@Isis.MsState.Edu> <1992Nov10.080449.25739@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:37:17 GMT
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- In <1992Nov10.080449.25739@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM> mrice@mozart.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Mark W. Rice) writes:
-
- >I have suddenly become very interested in a TCP/X-Windows package and I
- >don't know about alternatives to OS/2. All I know is that IBM sells one
- >and it's supposed to be pretty good.
-
- >Do you know about SLIP? Is this feasable with a high speed modem
- >(V.32, V.32bis, V.42, V.42bis) using X-Windows?
-
- The IBM package includes SLIP. SLIP over a modem is probably going to
- be 'sluggish' if you're doing anything other than an Xterm or two.
- Graphics-intensive packages are probably going to feel pretty slow.
- It should be usable with something like a V.32bis connection, though.
-
- >What about DeskviewX? Do they have an OS/2 version or does it work with OS/2?
-
- No OS/2 version and it won't run under OS/2.
-
- >Are there any others?
-
- >I hear I'll be set back a little over $400. Is that accurate?
-
- Seems perhaps a little high, unless you're also buying NFS and all
- that jazz.
-
-
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