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Subject: Re: ...Running X clients on a UNIX box via a Macintosh - HELP!...
Date: 21 Nov 1995 02:01:21 GMT
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In article <tmc-2011951559480001@frodo.success.net>, tmc@wentworth.com
(Tim McLain) wrote:

> I have a PowerMac 6100 with an ethernet connection to the Internet. I also
> run a UNIX-based (BSDI) Internet server on a Pentium machine at a remote
> site hooked to a T-1.
> I've heard of MachTen and Tenon's X Windows implimentation for the Mac. 
> 
> Do I need both of these programs, or can I get away with just the MachTen
> X Windows software?

   You have three options if you're using MacTCP, or two if you're using
OpenTransport -- forgo MachTEN since you would need both parts (unix and
X), which costs a good deal more than just an X client -- for that, look
at eXodus <http://www.wpine.com> or Xoftware (bsaed on the MacX code),
both of which cost a good deal less. MachTEN is a true Unix BSD server for
your mac -- slightly overkill if you only need an xTerm to connect to the
pentium.

ymmv, imho.

hth

jon