XDMCP for RT?; Was Re: Is this a IBM RT mouse?

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Mon Jan 28 23:03:38 2002

On January 28, Doc wrote:
> > > > > Yup, that's it! Anyone claimed it yet? I'd like it for my RT.
> > > > > I think, therefore I am dangerous
> >
> > > > Well, I fired off an email asking for it Saturday, and haven't heard
> > > > back. So, I hope *I* got first dibs....
> >
> > > Me too. We could all meet somewhere and fight for it. :)
> >
> > Can I put money on the fight so I can buy it from the winner?
>
> So that's 4 of us that have functional RT's but no meese, right? I
> have to assume you guys got keyboards, since the docs say the beast
> won't boot to a serial terminal.

  Yup, I have a keyboard.

> The question, since I'm pretty ignorant of X11-pre-R6, is if I install
> the X11 & AIXWindows packages, will the RT speak XDMCP to a Linux or
> NetBSD X-terminal? Or heck, even my X-Station 150?
> Inquiring minds gotta know. I'm not loadin all that krap without
> either a mouse or remote access to the AIXWindows desktop. I'm
> *dreaming* of 5.25" floppies.

  I'd be surprised if it didn't work. XDMCP has been around a
while...I don't remember what release of X it made its debut in, but I
was running XDMCP with X-terminals (Sun3/50s and XKernel) nearly ten
years ago...RTs weren't nearly so old then. I'll be at least some
useful X can be built on an RT, depending on the OS. Probably X11R4.

      -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL         "Less talk.  More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
Received on Mon Jan 28 2002 - 23:03:38 GMT

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