This page presents brief information about software which may help you
to turn your PC into X terminal. I gathered the information from different sources, mainly from people listed in thanks, and from
the Internet.
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Contents:
thanks,
eXceed,
eXcursion,
eXpertise,
GO-Global,
LAN WorkPlace,
Linux ,
NetBSD,
PMX,
Reflection X,
Solaris x86,
Solarnet PC-X,
TGV,
Xappeal,
Xoftware,
XOnNet
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eXceed or eXceed/Express from Hummingbird
- "The market leader and absolute best software is exceed from hummingbird.
(i'm biased because i use and resell it)."
- "hummingbord offers exceed/express if you want to bypass tcp/ip & PPP to get faster X."
- "Hummingbird : The Standard of the industry. It's only flaw is the tcp/ip
stack that is in reality pc/tcp.... X wise probably the oldest of the three
and the more debugged and most stable. Expensive kit... > 300$/users..."
- "Get Hummingbird Exceed for your PC - you get a full X-server with it ...."
- "i would use eXceed for Windows as the x server software.
depending on your network, an ethernet pcmcia card (i would generally
buy 3com) or a modem may be appropriate; exceed has support for
low-speed x over a modem."
- "use Hummingbirds exceeds program, for windows95, NT, 3.1
it should work for all of these platforms - don't know about
OS/2 - they might? this package will trap x-calls and display
them to your pc screen."
eXcursion
Couldn't locate more information about the product
GO-Global from
GraphOn
- "We are also testing a new, yet to be released, product from Graph-ON called
GO-Global. It has much of the functionality of the other two packages, but
seems to have a radically (200%+) improved interactive response times. Over
a 28.8 modem it is *almost* like being at work (well, not quite, but MUCH
better than either Hummingbird or eXceed). This product also puts much less
strain on the laptop's resources, requiring about 1Meg of hardisk space.
We are keeping a close eye on Graph-ON's product because of it's
performance."
LAN WorkPlace from Novell
- "Lan WorkPlace from Novell... The best one to integrate in an odi/mlid mixed
protocol environment. The X-Server is a little slow but quite complete.
The suite comes with nice well designed utilities. Around 70-100$/users
depending on the size of the licence pack"
Linux
- "the German computer magazin "IX" had a project to use Linux as an Xterminal (also diskless).Take a look at "http://www.heise.de/ix" . The article came out early this ...
The neccessary Linux stuff you'll find in
ftp:
iX-Terminal
iX-Terminal-ELF (newer version of Linux with ELF support)
There are a few shops where you can get a BOOTROM for PCs. Probably you'll get them also
at Emedia (close or owned by
Heise Verlag)."
- "The Linux-Version is a nice Idea, since there's already a size-optimzed
Version as "Linux as a X-Terminal" available."
NetBSD
- "You don't just have Linux in this camp. The NetBSD distribution comes
with the code to make your own boot roms and is also free."
PMX from IBM
You need OS/2 Warp Connect, too. (?) I couldn't locate WWW page with information
about PMX.
Reflection X from WRQ
Click here
to go to the product walk-through page.
Free evaluation copy may be downloaded from
here
Solaris x86
- "For best compatiblity with the sun products, you should install
Solaris for x86. But this is, as far as i assume, the most expensive
solution."
Solarnet PC-X from Sun
- "We are using Solarnet PC-X (from Sun). Like all of the other products
of which I am aware, it runs under MS Windows and does crash
ocassionally because of Windows bugs. It runs better if used with
the Sun TCP/IP drivers which come with it."
TGV
- "TGV : Not bad it comes with a very flexible Telnet and the X-Server is not
bad... Price is low but the software does have some pitfalls... The WinSock
could be more standard. TGV as a company was recently bought by Cisco...
On a site license can be as low as 50$/users"
Xappeal from
Xtreme (perhaps)
You can download demo from
here
- "It is an MSDOS based Xserver and can use font services if need be.
Based on XFree86 3.11 and cheap to purchase. 30 day demo is
available."
- "We are currently using Netmanage's product beccause it is easier to install, setup and use which means less support demands from our users
(than eXceed - WM)".
XOnNet from ftp
Thanks
(in random order)
- Justin Young
- P. Alejandro Lopez-Valencia
- Rachel Polanskis
- Scott Brooks - CSS
- Gregory Goldstein
- Brett Lymn
- Karlheinz Pischke
- Edward Grimm
- Houser, Doug W.
- Rahul Roy
- Mike (Mehran) Salehi
- Herbert Wengatz
- Jeff Putsch
- George P Josilo
- Claude Roy
- Dan Pritts
- Bert Shure
- Eric R. Ramelli
- Peter Schauss
- Ed Choe