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to: WILL HARGRAVE
from: JONATHAN HUNTER
date: 1998-01-28 23:12:00
subject: X

Hello Will!
26 Jan 98 17:53, Will Hargrave wrote to All:
 WH> Just been playing around with a free X server for 95/NT (MiX,
 WH> available from www.microimages.com) using client applications on my
 WH> Linux box. Surprised at how well it works. I can recommend this as a
 WH> great alternative to telnetting to the Linux machine (if yours don't
 WH> have monitors/keyboards).
My Linux box has a monitor, it's just a MDA one. Ah well! :-)
 WH> I'm just wondering if anyone's done X over a slow link (i.e over
 WH> PPP/modem) and how badly it performs!
In the dark ages of modems and PPP links, I did occasionally do this and it 
seemed just like anything else - slow but it worked fine.
Jonathan 
... I can't remember the last time I forgot something.
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