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Subject: Re: V distributed graphics
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Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 03:38:56 EST
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     The V kernel is a scheme for supporting very intelligent terminals using
a large host as a master machine.  It's a lot like the support for the Teletype
5620 in system V; you download editors and graphics packages, but anything big
is done in the host.  The terminal at Stanford is typically an early-model
diskless SUN, and the host is typically a VAX running UNIX.  It's a interesting
idea technically, but the machine it runs on is powerful to act as a
workstation in its own right, so why bother?

					John Nagle