Re: Question about X-terminals running Oracle Applications

In article <821022374snz_at_tomcooke.demon.co.uk>, Tom Cooke <Tom_at_tomcooke.demon.co.uk> writes:

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|>In article <4c9r12$su4_at_gossamer.itmel.bhp.com.au>
|> levy.lee.ls_at_bhp.com.au "Lee levy" writes:
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|>Has nobody mentioned the several very good X emulators for Windows? If you
|>want to have the best of both worlds, i.e. have standard PC's on desks,
|>but don't want to develop in Windows front ends for some reason, this is
|>the way to go. However, we looked at X, and I think we're now coming
|>down (with some regrets, i.e. we don't really enjoy propping up ol' Bill)
|>on using Windows native GUI tools instead, mostly because you can get more
|>out of buying your developers decent PC's instead of getting them all
|>X-terminals...
|>--
|>Tom Cooke

The cheapest solution for getting X-server running on PC is using bootable Linux disks that load standalone Linux OS and X-server without using any hard disk. As you might propably know, Linux is free software.

I have tried it and got Linux X-server running on my PC (486) without installing any software in my hard disk. You only would need two 1.44 HD floppies to boot Linux+server.

This is not exactly a Windows solution but can be used in temporary solution for example for Reports/Forms development using X-executables.

I loaded the Linux SW from a finnish anonymous ftp -server. Unfortunately my brains freeze at this point and can't remember the site or directories. The X-server software was called something like Xdenu.

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