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In article <939 at applix.UUCP> jim at applix.UUCP (Jim Morton) writes:
>4) If you're looking for X client machines, look for something that will
>   offload the host machine of everything except the X protocol - do the
>   graphics locally on an X terminal or PC with X client software. From
>   what I've seen on the market right now, if you're going to spend $2000
>   on an X client system, get PC X client software - that way you still have
>   a DOS PC in front of you, reuse potentially existing PC hardware, and
>   have something to use if the X server machine goes down. I'll change my
>   mind when X terminals get under $1000 and have user-loadable firmware on
>   removable media (or downloadable).
>
Do you mean X server here?  If the client is remote, then
where's the server?  Isn't the host the client and the
terminal the server in X parlance?

Mark T. Dornfeld
Royal Ontario Museum
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Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
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