On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 09:59:57PM +0000, Geoff Blake wrote:
>
> Pardon me, but isn't the X-terminal the server and will it not work with
> *any* X-client running on your Linux boxes. Of course, the X-term. may
> need loaded software, but my experience is that all X-terms, such as Tek.
> etc. run from (E)PROM based firmware.
>
> I've never tried or even seen an NCD terminal, but other X-terminals I
> have come across work pretty well with Linux and other Unices, even those
> X-servers running on that other OS.
Usually the X terminal has to load its software over the network. All the NCDs
I've ever seen boot using BOOTP and TFTP. In this case, NCD want to charge for
that software to be downloaded.
Hamish
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