Re: CCL:Xwindows terminal emulator

   > Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:51:31 -0500
   > From: "Douglas E. Stack" <destack -8 at 8- unomaha.edu>
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   > Our department will be adding some new Win98 PC.  I'd like to install
   > a Xwindows terminal emulator on each.  My only experience with such
   > products has been with Exdous by White Pine.  Does anyone have a
   > preference for a good, inexpensive Xwindows emulator for running
   > modeling programs from SGI workstations?
   >
   >
   > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
   >
   > Douglas E. Stack
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 I have used two different x-windows programs under Win3.1/95/98; they
 are X-Remote from NCD and EXCEED from Hummingbird.  Both are in the
 $500 range so I don't know if you would call that expensive or not.
 The latter also sells a companion product that allows OpenGL to work
 as well.  The street price if you look around for the EXCEED products
 you can get them for $300/$150 roughly.  I got both EXCEED products
 (X/GL) for less $500 a few months back.  The Hummingbird product works
 well on the net and over a modem.  The X-Remote software needs a
 "server" function either on a terminal server or on a remote
 workstation.  It is harder to configure etc but it is solid as
 well (once you get it working).  I would recommend the EXCEED product
 if you can afford the cost.  You could also dual-boot Linux and then
 have a decent X system; if you need OpenGL support then you would have to
 buy that I think?  There might be a free OpenGL system but I don't
 know of one.  Things change so fast with Linux it is difficult to keep
 up.
 Hope this helps :)
 Regards,
 Ricky
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