[2986] in Release_Engineering
XRemote
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (grnberg@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Tue Feb 23 13:02:37 1993
From: grnberg@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: rel-eng@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 93 13:02:30 EST
Hello,
In investigating X-Terminal emulation packages for my office PC (I
log into a privatized Athena station over the network), I came across
a software package called XRemote made by NCD. This package resides
partially in a PC and partially on the host, and permits X-Windows
operation even over a modem. It does so by compressing the protocols
sent back and forth by X-Windows by a factor of 10.
This package is supported by very many X-Terminal software packages
for the PC and is considered somewhat of a standard for X-Windows
operation over a serial link or modem. In fact, the company NCD is
integrally involved in defining a low-bandwidth version of X-Windows
that I understand will be part of a future release of the standard.
I was wondering if Athena has considered installing the host-end of
this package on any of the Athena dialups, to permit dialup PC's
to use X-Windows in the future? In addition, an MIT site license
of an X-Terminal emulation package for the PC, like XVision
by VisionWare or XView by NCD could permit many more students to have
this capability, adding a whole new aspect to the Athena network.
Just a suggestion, in case release engineering has a wish list!
- David
