Re: PHYS-L Digest - 20 Jun 1999 to 21 Jun 1999

[Phil Parker <PPARKER@TWSUVM.UC.TWSU.EDU>]

> Date:    Sun, 20 Jun 1999 13:23:45 -0400
> From:    "Kenneth J. Morgan" <kmorgan@UP.NET>
>
> I have a UNIX machine in my office and a Windows-95 PC at home. A number of
> UNIX-based programs such as X-View and Mathematica require the X-Windows
> environment to run. To get my e-mail when I'm at home, I telnet to our UNIX
> system at school. Works fine, but that's text only. What I'd like to know
> is whether there is any software that would allow me to run UNIX X-Windows
> programs remotely at home from Windows 95 over a modem connetion? Even
> better, shareware? Money is an object! If anybody has any experience doing
> this, I would very much appreciate hearing from you.
You can run Mathematica on the Unix box from the W95 Mma Notebook Front End,
over any TCP/IP connection.  Response time may be a litle slow over a dial-
up compared to a LAN.  Directions are included in the Mma manuals.
   For other X-window programs, you'd need a full X-server for W95.  (Note
the reversal of the usual client/server dichotomy in X-windows.)  You might
consider the XFree86 server.  It is free (GPL) but can be finicky to set
up and video card support may be limited.  Otherwise, commercial X-servers
tend to be pricey.

   Phil Parker

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