[NTLUG:Discuss] a new use for vmware

[J. Reeves Hall]

> alh wrote:
> 
> I was thinking....
> --duck every body--
> 
> that since vmware sends its output  to X couldnt it do it over tcp/ip
> as well?
> 
> then you could run windows 9x apps remotely on a win Xclient
> and have a kind of obese thin-client topography...maybe

I've done it before. I accessed my X desktop across Georgia Tech's
campus network with a VNC client for NT. VMWare's display updates were
SLOOOOOOOW, but it worked.
I don't see it as being practical though. It used a lot of bandwidth,
and WMWare+Win98=$$$.

-Reeves

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