Re: Need help--x window client on windows

2003-07-17 Thread Gordon Messmer
John Aldrich wrote: On Thursday 17 July 2003 06:00 pm, Gordon Messmer wrote: And if you're afraid of the actual installation of an X11 server (not a client) on the Windows terminals, you may be able to just run putty on the PC, and use the c3270 client on the Linux server. Why not VNC/TightVNC/XVn

Re: Need help--x window client on windows

2003-07-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Thursday 17 July 2003 04:11 pm, Timothy Stone wrote: > > VNC is an option, but would be frowned upon by the same coworkers > (though they have "just discovered" VNC)--like it was brand new, and > "it's free! can you believe it?! To bad it's not on Linux." (seriously, > I had to bring them down s

Re: Need help--x window client on windows

2003-07-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Thursday 17 July 2003 05:24 pm, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > > VNC is an option, but would be frowned upon by the same coworkers > > (though they have "just discovered" VNC)--like it was brand new, and > > "it's free! can you believe it?! To bad it's not on Linux." > > (seriously, > > > I had to b

Re: Need help--x window client on windows

2003-07-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Thursday 17 July 2003 06:00 pm, Gordon Messmer wrote: > Frank Bax wrote: > > At 02:57 PM 7/17/03, Timothy Stone wrote: > >> Situation: > >> I have 600+ clients on Windows desktops. Each connects to a mainframe > >> data application via IBM Personal Communications 3270 Terminal > >> Emulation ove

Re: Need help--x window client on windows

2003-07-17 Thread Gordon Messmer
Frank Bax wrote: At 02:57 PM 7/17/03, Timothy Stone wrote: Situation: I have 600+ clients on Windows desktops. Each connects to a mainframe data application via IBM Personal Communications 3270 Terminal Emulation over telnet (ugh!). It sounds like you want something like PuTTY, but that allows

Re: Need help--x window client on windows

2003-07-17 Thread Benjamin J. Weiss
> VNC is an option, but would be frowned upon by the same coworkers > (though they have "just discovered" VNC)--like it was brand new, and > "it's free! can you believe it?! To bad it's not on Linux." (seriously, > I had to bring them down slowly). Installing VNC would be considered a > security is

Re: Need help--x window client on windows

2003-07-17 Thread Eric Chevalier
Frank Bax wrote: At 02:57 PM 7/17/03, Timothy Stone wrote: Situation: I have 600+ clients on Windows desktops. Each connects to a mainframe data application via IBM Personal Communications 3270 Terminal Emulation over telnet (ugh!). It sounds like you want something like PuTTY, but tha

Re: Need help--x window client on windows

2003-07-17 Thread Frank Bax
At 04:11 PM 7/17/03, Timothy Stone wrote: Eric Chevalier wrote: If you're going to install Cygwin and XFree86 on the Windows systems, what about the possibility of installing x3270 on those same boxes, as well? The New Features/Change List for x3270: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks

Re: Need help--x window client on windows

2003-07-17 Thread Frank Bax
At 02:57 PM 7/17/03, Timothy Stone wrote: Situation: I have 600+ clients on Windows desktops. Each connects to a mainframe data application via IBM Personal Communications 3270 Terminal Emulation over telnet (ugh!). What I know: x3270 works on a RHL 8 server that I use as a testbed. I know that

Re: Need help--x window client on windows

2003-07-17 Thread Timothy Stone
Eric Chevalier wrote: If you're going to install Cygwin and XFree86 on the Windows systems, what about the possibility of installing x3270 on those same boxes, as well? The New Features/Change List for x3270: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/7814/man/New.html has a comment about "C

Re: Need help--x window client on windows

2003-07-17 Thread Eric Chevalier
Timothy Stone wrote: Situation: I have 600+ clients on Windows desktops. Each connects to a mainframe data application via IBM Personal Communications 3270 Terminal Emulation over telnet (ugh!). What I know: x3270 works on a RHL 8 server that I use as a testbed. I know that I can use x3270 on

Re: Need help--x window client on windows

2003-07-17 Thread Bret Hughes
On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 13:57, Timothy Stone wrote: > I have an opportunity to promote the rapid adoption of opensource > backend solution using Linux. I need to have a 30,000 ft view, or > better, of making this work: > > Situation: > I have 600+ clients on Windows desktops. Each connects to a ma

Need help--x window client on windows

2003-07-17 Thread Timothy Stone
I have an opportunity to promote the rapid adoption of opensource backend solution using Linux. I need to have a 30,000 ft view, or better, of making this work: Situation: I have 600+ clients on Windows desktops. Each connects to a mainframe data application via IBM Personal Communications 3270