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The 3100s could be sluggish running local apps but really shined when used as an X terminal with apps on an alpha server.
by kevin_thibedeau 2y ago
The 3100s could be sluggish running local apps but really shined when used as an X terminal with apps on an alpha server.
- __d 2y agoI had a 3100 on my desk for several years, with an LK201 keyboard and a 19" color monitor, running Ultrix 4.2/3/4 iirc. It was snappy enough running plain X11 or Athena (Xaw) applications, but Motif stuff slowed it down a bit. I had a tvtwm running a big virtual desktop, an Emacs with a bunch of frames, and a stack of Xterms. We had a couple of 5000/25's with the multimedia peripherals, but they weren't really worth it. IIRC, our group's server was a 5000/240 (?) Then we moved to Alphas (3000 AXP, then 4/255), then a Sun Ultra 10, and finally Linux PCs.