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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!rutgers!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu!ferrick From: ferrick@acsu.buffalo.edu (Patrick K. Ferrick) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: An X-idea... Message-ID: <BsEytB.LDA@acsu.buffalo.edu> Date: 3 Aug 92 15:24:46 GMT Sender: nntp@acsu.buffalo.edu Organization: UB Lines: 12 Nntp-Posting-Host: lictor.acsu.buffalo.edu Given that lots of people (myself included) seem to be interested in running X, here's a suggestion: How about using XKernel to turn a Sun 3/50 into a large, reasonably fast, high resolution X-terminal for use with 386bsd? Could such a machine be made to find XKernel via NFS/TCP/IP from a 386bsd filesystem? It seems to me that this might substantially reduce the display load on the host system. I have heard that used 3/50s go for around $400; many of you may even have a small flock of them in a back room somewhere! Any comments? pat