On 05/03/2013 12:21 PM, Garry Taylor wrote: > The alternative I can think of would be a simple X Terminal, I like X > Terminals as they work on pretty much every UNIX ever, and some other OS > like OpenVMS. I have had trouble with them though, compared to Sun Rays > with fonts, as the X Terminal itself draws text, not just draw an image > like the Sun Ray does. > > X Terminals are cool, but Sun Rays seem better to me.
Oh man you seriously brought back some memories with this post. In the early- to mid-1990s, I set up dozens of X-terminals built around Sun-3/50. 3/60, and 3/80 machines running the "Xkernel" package. Does anyone remember that? XKernel was basically a stripped-down SunOS kernel, with /sbin/init replaced by a shell script that just started an X server that came up and listened for XDMCP messages. My whole company ran on those for many years. They were back-ended by a few Sun-3/200s, 3/400s, and (for the lucky ones) 4/300s. I miss those days, and those machines. I really should've kept more of them for myself. On that note...if anyone in the general vicinity of western Pennsylvania has any early Sun gear that needs a new home, or any vintage gear at all (does "PDP" or "VAX" mean anything to you?), drop me a note. I have a biggish building, housing a large collection, and am building what will eventually be a public museum. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list SunRay-Users@filibeto.org http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users