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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!not-for-mail From: Chooka <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Uses for an XT ???? Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 23:55:23 +1100 Organization: Monash University Lines: 28 Message-ID: <333679BB.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> References: <332F54B8.167EB0E7@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> <5gnr29$2ut@usenet88.supernews.com> <332FAD12.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> <5h57e3$9li$6@kayrad.ziplink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ascendp-int-32.cc.monash.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-NNTP-Posting-User: root X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) To: mi@ALDAN.ziplink.net..remove-after-`net' Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37666 Mikhail Teterin wrote: > > Honorable Chooka > wrote on 20 Mar (in article <332FAD12.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au>): > > =Or can I ??? Upgrade the monitor and card and I could use the FreeBSD > =box as an Xserver.... anyone know how to do this ? > > Correction: Your XTs will be the Xservers... > Ah....I must be confused :) An XT is based on the 8086 and so cannot run FreeBSD and therfore XFree86. Hence it would be impossible to set the XT up as an X server. Correct ? > How about connecting through parallel port(s)? Okay...I know you can do TCP/IP over a parallel link. Anyone know of any resources describing how to set this up so I can do PPP over this link ? Thanx in advance, David Henshaw. dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au -- ¤