Re: tlug: MI/X PC X server (VNC alternative)

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 02:50:01PM +0900, nemossan@example.com wrote:
> Because both Win95j-s are equipted 2-button-mice, thus it was not so
> comfprtable to use in X.  Futher display speed were rather slow

I was also unhappy with some display elements proving to be invisible
when I tried to use MI/X.

A possible alternative to using X is to use the Olivetti/Oracle VNC remote
computing software.  It will let you view an X display on a Windows machine
(or a Windows display on an X machine, or either on a Pilot).  I've
mentioned this on the list before, and feel compelled to mention it again
because the hack value is just so high.

At the pre-TLUG-meeting-setup on Saturday, Joe Marchak and I were lamenting
that about the only time we had to use Windows nowadays was to read ccMail.
With VNC, I can use an idle Win95 machine across the room and display my
ccMail in a window on one of my Linux machines.  VNC runs across a single
TCP connection, so it is easy to run through SSH.

http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc/

The display speed is not great (VNC uses a simple protocol and transfers
"tiles" that need updating to your viewer)... but it is (barely) acceptable
even with 486s on both ends.

-- 
Jim Tittsler, Tokyo     ICQ: 5981586   AIM: Jim7J1AJH

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