1. in order for VNC to work, the unix machine must be running the VNC
server
since it uses a different port than the standard X.
2. The following program (free) can be found and works excellent.
There is also a straight up X Server for 95/NT that is
free (http://www.microimages.com/freestuf/mix/) and it uses the
standard X ports (at least it did on a digital unix system).
George Gallen
ggallen@slackinc.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric [mailto:readalot@skinny.iswnet.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 1998 12:19 PM
To: Mark Conway Wirt
Cc: Gary Smith; linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu;
linux-newbie@vger.rutgers.edu; linux-admin@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: xterm
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Mark Conway Wirt wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Gary Smith wrote:
>
> > What is the process to run a XTerminal client on a windows 95 / 98
machine?
> > What software do I need to set up to do this?
> >
> > All windows 95 /98 clients have s3 Virge identical to the server if
this
> > helps.
>
> There are a variety of commercial X servers on the market. To do what
> you're asking, you can install one of them, or you can check out VNC
from
> Oracle:
It's "ORL" not Oracle. ;-)
> http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc/
>
> While VNC won't let you run an xterm per se, it *will* allow you to
open
> up an entire "desktop" session on the remote X machine and run as many
> xterms as you'd like. Furthermore, the data transmission compression
> algorithms in VNC are pretty snazzy, so you get pretty good
performance.
Indeed. From a 386-33 linux box at home across a 14.4 modem I
was able to control a half dozen NT servers and performance was
acceptable.
> Another nifty thing about VNC is that it works moth ways: You can run
a
> UNIX desktop on your windows computer, but you can also control an NT
> machine from a Linux box, similarly to PC-Anywhere.
>
> And it's free ;-)
Better than free, GPLed!
Regards,
Eric
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