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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
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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

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