Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 15:06:34 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@brizzie.org> To: <david.groves@imagination.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Matt Olander" <matt@ixsystems.net> Subject: Re: Using PC's as X Terminals Message-ID: <067801c0ddc5$faaad790$0300a8c0@oracle> References: <3B011EA3.5234DB81@imagination.com> <5.0.2.1.1.20010515214855.00ab5da8@mail.exec.bsdi.com>
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I've used VNC in many situations & had only good experiences with it ..... it even works well over slow (9600) GSM mobile links !!!
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From: Matt Olander
To: david.groves@imagination.com ; questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 2:52 PM
Subject: RE: Using PC's as X Terminals
>I'm trying to find a way to turn client machines (i386 machines running
>other operating systems that can't be replaced), into dumb X terminals
>on a part time basis. The people that will be using them are mainly
>going to be running windows the majority of the time, but will have the
>need to dip into an X environment on occasion. For various reasons, my
>superiors are unwilling to consider Win32 X servers, so this isn't an
>option for me.
hi David,
i had a similiar problem at work. people that used windows that
occasionally needed access to freebsd. i ended up using vnc.
the only problem i've noticed is that it generates a bit of network
traffic while in use...
www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
matt
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've used VNC in many situations & had only
good experiences with it ..... it even works well over slow (9600) GSM mobile
links !!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=david.groves@imagination.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 16, 2001 2:52
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Using PC's as X
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<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">>I'm trying to find a way to
turn client machines (i386 machines running<BR>>other operating systems
that can't be replaced), into dumb X terminals<BR>>on a part time basis.
The people that will be using them are mainly<BR>>going to be running
windows the majority of the time, but will have the<BR>>need to dip into
an X environment on occasion. For various reasons, my<BR>>superiors are
unwilling to consider Win32 X servers, so this isn't an<BR>>option for
me.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>hi David,<BR>i had a similiar problem at work. people that
used windows that <BR>occasionally needed access to freebsd. i ended up using
vnc.<BR>the only problem i've noticed is that it generates a bit of
network<BR>traffic while in use...<BR><FONT color=#008000><A
href="http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/"
eudora="autourl">www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/</A>
<BR><BR></FONT>matt<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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