From: hpa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin N9ITP) Subject: Re: Linux 0.98 and X11v2.0 and TCP/IP.... Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 20:34:44 GMT
In article <1992Sep30.020629.22099@cheshire.oxy.edu> of comp.os.linux,
rafetmad@cheshire.oxy.edu (David Giller) writes:
> I've got a friend here at oxy who has recently come into desperate need
> of an 8-bit color X-terminal to hook up to some clients running remotely at
> CalTech. Not the most desirable situation, since that's a pretty big
> net load, and all the campus workstations are monochrome NeXTs.
>
> To make a long story short, I've got several 486's available here with
> ET4000 displays and ethernet. Is it currently possible to put together
> a working X server that can work with clients that are running remote over
> inet?
>
> I've unfortunately been out of contact with Linux for the most part for a
> few weeks, so I appreciate any updating you can give me.
>
> -Dave
You sure can! You must make sure that the Ethernet cards are WD/SMC
compatible, then just get 0.98 and the TCP/IP client programs, and X11v2.0.
That should be all you need.
/hpa
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