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From: j@uriah.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD & XFree86*.* as font server
Date: 17 Dec 1993 17:09:10 +0100
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rich@id.tmc.edu (Rich Murphey) writes:

>Yep.  There is a font server executable and a configuration file for
>it in the binary distribution.  Rich

And i'm even successfully using it over a 115 k slip line on a tiny box
only equipped with a Hercules clone board. Works fine. Just say
,,tcp/servername:7000'' in your fontpath line.

just my $ 0.02...
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