X Windows For Mac

From: Info-Mac Moderator <macmod> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 94 6:46:05 PST for @techunix.technion.ac.il:info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu id AA00819; Sun, 6 Nov 94 09:10:03 -0800 Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 09:09:23 +48000 From: Guy Shaviv <guy@arshaviv.technion.ac.il> To: info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Subject: [R] X-Windows for mac Message-Id: <Pine.SGI.3.90.941106090824.806A-100000@arshaviv.technion.ac.il> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII As requested by some, I am posting the smallest subset of responses which covers all the suggestions received concerning the question of running X-emulation on the mac. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From: ericb@sicom.com (Eric Brombaugh) Message-Id: <9411022108.AA10252@sicom.com> To: guy Subject: X-Windows for mac Status: RO X-Status: >I have a MacIIx connected via serial port to a Unix-Workstation. Is there >any way to emulate X-windows on the mac? I can also connect the mac via >TCP/IP. I have done this with my PB145 and a Sparc II machine at work. I have installed Suns SLIP software on the Sparc (shipped with the PC-NFS server software), and MacTCP / InterSLIP on the Mac. With this setup I can get full access to the TCP/IP network via the Mac serial port. I have used Mac X with it, but at a maximum data rate of 19.2 kbps it is somewhat slower than is really useful. Telnet and FTP are very usable though. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Eric Brombaugh ericb@sicom.com (work) emeb@indirect.com (home) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To: guy From: jkortg01@mpg.gmpt.gmeds.com (Jerry W. Kortge) Subject: Macintosh X-Emulation Status: RO X-Status: Guy, I have used both MacX and eXodus on a Quadra 700 to run x-window sessions= with a unix host via TCP/IP. Both worked fine. I'm not sure is Apple is= still supporting MacX which is the reason we switched to eXodus after= having originally evaluated the MacX package. Good luck. Jerry W. Kortge +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From: boris@ny.ox.com (Boris Altman) To: guy Subject: X for the mac Status: RO X-Status: You have to connect via TCP/IP wich requires either ethernet card or some Appletalk/Ethernet box like Gatorbox. As far as software goes you have to get either MacX from Apple or eXodus from White Pine software. This will transform your mac into an Xterminal. However, it is quite slow Xterminal. It is fine for text but real X applications with menues and graphics runn very slow. I tried to run SaberC that way and got tired of it in about .5 hr. IF you do not really need X, get telnet. It is free. It has multiple windows and allows copy/paste between windows. It has ftp buil-in. If you want to use serial connection you can get maclayers which is free, allows multiple windows and supports X-modem protocol. Boris +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++…