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From: j@uriah.sax.de (J Wunsch)
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Subject: Re: X on dial-in
Date: 27 Dec 1994 12:48:02 +0100
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Zachary Uram  <zu22+@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

>        what will give me the  best performance under these constraints:
>a) must dial in....annex only supports upto 14.4 now

If you happen to run an X11R6 server, and the remote side would be
willing to allow ``experimental'' code, try compiling your X server
with LBX enabled, and install an LBX proxy on the site where your
clients live.

For more info on LBX (low bandwidth X), look into the sources.


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