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From: jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu (Joe Sloan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD?
Date: 29 Dec 1994 19:41:44 GMT
Organization: University of Calfornia at Riverside
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Message-ID: <3dv3do$4b4@galaxy.ucr.edu>
References: <3dtjnh$r7u@galaxy.ucr.edu> <NEWTNews.8668.788683010.muzaffer@omer1.smixedsignal.com>
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In article <NEWTNews.8668.788683010.muzaffer@omer1.smixedsignal.com>,
 <muzaffer@smixedsignal.com> wrote:
>
>Here is the deal. Get the X11R6 distribution for NT from 
>ftp:/microlib.cc.utexas.edu. Then get the ataman software's telnetd deamon from
>cica. Install telnet and X on a machine. Run telnet service. Then go to another
>NT 3.5 machine with builtin telnet. Start it up and connect to the server.
>Also run xwin x window server again from cica (xwindemo.exe).
>Go to the X\bin and type "xclock -display myntmachinewithoutx:0.0" and see
>the clock on your machine which doesn't have the X binaries at all. Now is this
>what X gives you ? Yes. QED bozo.
                            ^^^^^^^
    A true ambassador for NT... I'm impressed by your congeniality...

Well, I'll check this out - I have a feeling that NT's "X" capabilites will
turn out to be as much a disappointment as it's rlogin and telnet...

>
>> Pray tell, why would Tektronix invest so much time and effort into 
>> addressing a couple of glaring weaknesses in NT if you say NT is already 
>> multiuser and fully capable of running X???
>> 
>> The internet community awaits your answer...
>
>you can only speak for yourself, who assigned you as the speaker of the 
>internet community?
I pays my dues like everyone else....

jjs

--
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 A linux machine! because a 486    / ACCELERATE your Windoze NT box?
 is a terrible thing to waste!     / -9.8 m/s^2 works quite well!!!