From: Gerrit Nieuwenhuizen (nieuwhzn@dxgsia.cern.ch)
Date: 09/22/93 

From: nieuwhzn@dxgsia.cern.ch (Gerrit Nieuwenhuizen)
Subject: Re: running X appl. by modem ?
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 14:46:28 GMT

predard%sunset.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Pablo Redard) writes:

>Hi everyone,

>I'm wondering if I can log into my account at the university
>from home (through modem) and run an X application?
>I have linux and I'm running openwin.

>thanks.

I have tried it with a 2400 baud modem and term on my
local linux box and a decstation host. It works but
the speed is incredibly low. A xterm works barely and
pictures you should forget completely.
With a direct terminal line (9600 baud) at work this
works reasonably well, no speed demon either.
We should all wait until faster networks and telephone
lines get available before trying this again.

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