From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 17 09:07:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA07677 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:07:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA07672 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:07:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA13932; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:06:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:06:38 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Scott cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reusing old X terminals with FBSD In-Reply-To: <34C0BC4C.6FAC433@crosslink.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Scott wrote: > We have a bunch of older NCD (model NCD 88k) X terminals laying around > at work. These were previously used with the sparc servers. Is it > possible to use FBSD as the X server so we (I) can reuse these boxes? > These boxes have network connections and the boxes currently in use boot > across the network. If it is possible to use these boxes, what would I > need to accomplish this task? The NCDs have their own software that has to be available by tftp. Hopefully you rescued that off of the sun box. Once booted they can connect to FreeBSD xdm's and x font servers. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message