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- From: nsysdbj@acs.ncsu.edu (David Joyner)
- Subject: Re: Xstation 120 and HP9000?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.194608.10580@ncsu.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:46:08 GMT
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- Mark Bramwell CS STAFF (mark@student.business.uwo.ca) wrote:
- :
- : I have configured the tftp to download the xserver into the workstation, and
- : when I boot it appears to download ok. After a few seconds the screen clears
- : then says it can't find a file server.
- :
-
- The Xstations boot using two Internet standard protocols: bootp and
- tftp. After the X code starts up, they switch to a proprietary
- protocol to get the fonts (they talk to x_st_mgrd on port 6000). Go
- figure.
-
- I think there is a third party replacement for x_st_mgrd sold by AGE,
- but I don't have the specifics.
-
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- David Joyner (nsysdbj@acs.ncsu.edu)
- Unix Systems Programmer | Phone: (919) 515-2794 |
- NCSU Administrative Computing Services | FAX: (919) 515-3787 |
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