[H-GEN] Diskless boxes for internet access

[Robert Brockway]

On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Steve Pinel wrote:

> >I'm inclined to agree.  X doesn't really use alot of cpu power (but it
> >does use fpu power so make sure it is a 486DX).  A 486 should handle the
> >load fine.
> 
> Is this at the workstation end, or on the X-client (server thingy)

I'm not sure which is responsible for that.  But as each
Xterminal would only be doing Netscape stuff that shouldn't be a big
problem if it has to do it.

I have a 387 I'm not using. :)

> Please explain?  I assume that a font server is a piece of software on the
> beasty bit of the network that does the processing on font mapping?

I've never played with font servers unfortunately so can't comment.

Just had a flick through some man pages but htye didn't sched light on
which bit does the rendering.
Cheers,
	-Robert

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