Re: GEM (WAS Re: vgalib)

[Luke(boo) Farrar]

On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Shawn T. Rutledge wrote:

> I think we need a remoteable GUI like X, because slow machines make better
> thin clients than standalone workstations.  Can GEM do this?  Is there a 
> language or protocol or just function calls?

The same sort of idea as the Citrix ICA protocol, used by terminal server,
and winframe. It'll make a 286 go as fast as your server. (In this case a
dual Xeon 400 with 1 gig of ram). It's a good use of old computers, but
requires a half decent server.


Luke(Boo) Farrar.