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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:9160 comp.sys.dec:18969 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!usenet.ufl.edu!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: what to buy...what to buy *sigh* Date: 4 Mar 1994 19:17:38 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 25 Message-ID: <2l81gi$rmd@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <1994Mar2.103006.1@gracie> <michaelv.762657945@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> <2l5b4g$k4p@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <2l7lso$hls@sparc2.entropic.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <2l7lso$hls@sparc2.entropic.com>, Ken Hornstein <kenh@wrl.epi.com> wrote: >In article <2l5b4g$k4p@pdq.coe.montana.edu>, >Nate Williams <nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu> wrote: >>>Even if you got a new machine, the >>>DECstation would make a great server or extra X-terminal. >> >>A rather expensive X-terminal that runs X11R4. > >My DecStation 3100 here at work running Ultrix 4.2 runs X11R5. It makes a >decent X-terminal (but definately not worth the list price). The DECstations's he's looking into are the 5000/1xx series, which can only use the DEC supplied server. You aren't using the DEC supplied server but the MIT example server which is much slower but is R5 based. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Graduating May '94 with a BS in EE home #: (406) 586-0579 | - looking for work in CS/EE field.