Xref: utzoo comp.windows.x:5350 comp.terminals:903 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pyrdc!pyrnj!rutgers!ucla-cs!admin.cognet.ucla.edu!casey From: casey@admin.cognet.ucla.edu (Casey Leedom) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.terminals Subject: Re: X-Windows terminal from Wyse ? Keywords: X Terminals Message-ID: <16248@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 28 Sep 88 04:45:41 GMT References: <215@ists> Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: casey@cs.ucla.edu (Casey Leedom) Organization: UCLA Lines: 18 In article <215@ists> mike@ists.yorku.ca (Mike Clarkson) writes: > I've heard that Wyse may be planning to introduce an X-Windows terminal > with built-in Ethernet soon. Costs around $3000. Does anyone have any > information on this ? I've heard rumors of some X terminals also and likewise would be interested in any solid reports. However, they better come in under $3K or they're looking at a product that just isn't going to sell. (Any manufacturers listening?) $3K is just too close to the price of certain work stations, and with the possibility of being able to run X on your favorite PC just seemingly around the corner ... I would say that for a product like an X terminal to succeed, it would have to come in at $1500 or below. (Well under the price of your favorite PC/workstation + X package.) This price may well be impossible to hit given the amount of hardware needed for such a beast. Casey