X WINDOW SYSTEM DESIGN PRINCIPLES

Speaker :

Jim Gettys, Digital Equipment Corporation

Sponsor: Digital Equipment Corporation

US Price: $5.00 / Int'l Price: $5.00
Order #: 03-Gettys

Tape Description

The X Window System has become widely accepted by many manufacturers and users of computer systems. X provides network transparent access to display servers, allowing local and remote client programs to access a users display. X is used on high-performance workstation displays as well as X terminals, and client programs run on everything from micro- to supercomputers. This talk emphasizes system design principles, using X as an example.

Tape Length: 60 minutes

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Usage Suggestions: Upper-division/Graduate-level/Industry & Professional Use

Speaker Biography

Jim Gettys, who received his BS in earth and planetary sciences from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is a member of the research staff at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory. With Robert W. Scheifler of MIT, he is one of the original designers of the X Window System (a trademark of MIT).